Tag: Antimicrobial

Flat-top Goldentop, also called grass-leaved goldenrod, is a North American perennial in the daisy family that has a long but quiet history in traditional...

Flame of the Forest, botanically known as Butea monosperma, is one of South Asia’s most recognizable medicinal trees. Its bright orange-red flowers have made...

Flame nettle, long known in gardens as Coleus blumei and now more often classified under Coleus scutellarioides or Plectranthus scutellarioides, is best known for...

Fitweed, botanically known as Eryngium foetidum, is a tropical herb better known in many kitchens as culantro, long coriander, or sawtooth coriander. It is...

Fish mint, Houttuynia cordata, is one of the more unusual medicinal plants in common use today. It is eaten as a pungent leafy vegetable...

Fingerroot is a slender, aromatic rhizome from the ginger family that is widely used in Thai, Indonesian, Malaysian, and other Southeast Asian cuisines. Botanically...

Field garlic, Allium oleraceum, is a wild, bulb-forming member of the onion and garlic family that has long been valued more as a seasonal...

Fever grass, better known internationally as lemongrass, is the fragrant leaf of Cymbopogon citratus, a tropical grass used both as a culinary herb and...

Ferula, more precisely Ferula communis, is a tall Mediterranean plant in the carrot family that is often called giant fennel. It has a long...

False cardamom, Alpinia mutica, is an aromatic member of the ginger family that is valued more in regional traditional practice and botanical circles than...

False Ashoka, botanically known as Monoon longifolium and often listed in older research as Polyalthia longifolia, is an evergreen tree best known as an...

European wild ginger, Asarum europaeum, is a low evergreen woodland herb with glossy kidney-shaped leaves and a long, complicated medicinal history. Despite its common...

European pennyroyal, or Mentha pulegium, is a strongly aromatic mint-family herb with a long and uneasy history. For centuries it was used in teas,...

European alder, also called common alder or black alder, is a moisture-loving tree better known for riverbanks and wet woodlands than for kitchen-shelf herbal...

Eucalyptus is one of those herbs people think they already know, usually because of its sharp, cooling aroma. But medicinal eucalyptus is more than...

Ethiopian pepper, Xylopia aethiopica, is an aromatic West and Central African spice and medicinal plant best known for its long, dark, twisted fruits, warm...

Ethiopian fig, Ficus vasta, is a large African fig tree valued not only for its shade and edible fruit, but also for its long-standing...

Ethiopian climbing onion, botanically known as Bowiea volubilis, is one of those medicinal plants that asks for real caution as well as curiosity. It...

Ethiopian cardamom, better known in Ethiopia as korarima, is an aromatic spice from the ginger family with a warm, resinous scent and a flavor...

Erigeron, here referring to Erigeron canadensis, is a tall, aromatic annual herb in the daisy family that many readers know by its older name...

Epazote is a bold, resinous herb best known in Mexican and Central American cooking, where a few leaves can transform a pot of beans,...

Entada, most often referring here to Entada rheedii, is a large tropical climbing legume known for its enormous pods, hard floating seeds, and deep...

Elsholtzia ciliata is an aromatic herb in the mint family that is valued both as a traditional remedy and as a strongly scented culinary...

Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum) is a unique member of the onion and leek family that looks like oversized garlic but tastes milder and sweeter....