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Jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla, is a fragrant daffodil best known as an ornamental spring flower, not as a routine kitchen herb or home remedy. That...

Jojoba is a desert shrub native to the American Southwest and northern Mexico, yet most people know it not as a shrub but as...

Johnny jump-up, better known to herbalists as Viola tricolor and sometimes called wild pansy or heartsease, is a small flowering herb with a long...

Joe-Pye weed, often called gravel root in herbal practice, is a tall North American perennial best known for its long history in traditional urinary...

Job’s tears, botanically known as Coix lacryma-jobi, is an unusual plant that sits at the border of food and herbal medicine. In one context,...

Javanese turmeric, also known as temulawak, is a Southeast Asian rhizome in the ginger family that sits somewhere between a kitchen spice, a digestive...

Javanese long pepper is a warming Southeast Asian spice and traditional medicinal herb made from the dried fruit of Piper retrofractum. It belongs to...

Javanese ginger, often called red ginger, is a hotter, more aromatic form of common ginger that is widely used across Indonesia and other parts...

Java pepper, more widely known as Javanese long pepper, is the dried fruit of Piper retrofractum, a climbing plant used across Indonesia, Thailand, and...

Java citronella, botanically known as Cymbopogon winterianus, is an aromatic tropical grass grown mainly for its intensely fragrant essential oil. Most people recognize it...

Japanese sweet flag, identified here as Acorus calamus, is an aromatic wetland herb whose rhizome has been used for centuries in traditional medicine. It...

Japanese spikenard (Aralia cordata) is a perennial herb native to East Asia, long valued for its edible shoots, medicinal roots, and traditional use in...

Japanese pepper, scientifically known as Zanthoxylum piperitum, is a small deciduous shrub native to East Asia, highly valued in both culinary and traditional medicinal...

Japanese parsley, better known as mitsuba, is a delicate leafy herb from East Asia that sits somewhere between a culinary garnish and a traditional...

Japanese mugwort, Artemisia princeps, is an aromatic East Asian herb that lives at the crossroads of food, folk medicine, and formal herbal practice. In...

Japanese knotweed, botanically known as Reynoutria japonica, is one of those plants that carries two very different reputations at once. In many countries it...