Tag: Antioxidant

Hairy bittercress is the kind of plant many people pull up before realizing it is edible. This small mustard-family herb appears in garden beds,...

Hackberry is a lesser-known North American tree whose small purple-brown fruits have long been used as seasonal food and, in some traditions, as simple...

Gypsywort, botanically known as Lycopus europaeus, is a damp-ground mint-family herb with a long but fairly specialized medicinal history. Also called European bugleweed or...

Gynostemma, better known in many wellness circles as jiaogulan, is a climbing vine from the cucumber family that has been used for centuries in...

Guayusa is a traditional Amazonian leaf tea made from Ilex guayusa, an evergreen holly tree native to Ecuador and nearby parts of the western...

Guavira, botanically known as Campomanesia xanthocarpa, is a native South American fruit tree whose leaves, seeds, and fruit occupy an intriguing middle ground between...

Guava, Psidium guajava, is a tropical fruit tree valued not only for its fragrant fruit but also for its leaves, which have a long...

Guarana, botanically known as Paullinia cupana, is an Amazonian climbing shrub prized for its caffeine-rich seeds. Long used by Indigenous communities of Brazil as...

Guaiacum, more fully known as Guaiacum officinale, is a slow-growing Caribbean tree best known as one source of true lignum vitae. Historically, it was...

Ground ivy is a low-growing, aromatic herb from the mint family that has been used for centuries in European folk medicine. Also known as...

Ground cherry, when the species is Physalis peruviana, sits in an unusual space between fruit, functional food, and traditional medicine. Many readers know it...

Gromwell, botanically known as Lithospermum officinale, is an old European herb with a far larger reputation in traditional medicine than in modern clinical practice....

Grewia asiatica, widely known as phalsa, is a fruit-bearing shrub valued in South Asian food culture and traditional medicine. Although many readers encounter it...

Greenthread, commonly called cota or one form of Navajo tea, is a slender Southwestern herb with thread-like leaves, yellow flowers, and a long history...

Green tea comes from the leaves of Camellia sinensis, the same plant that gives us black, oolong, white, and pu-erh teas. What makes green...

Green strawberry, botanically known as Fragaria viridis, is a lesser-known wild strawberry species native to parts of Europe and Asia. It is sometimes called...

Green purslane is an edible succulent herb that grows close to the ground, with smooth reddish stems and fleshy, spoon-shaped leaves. In many gardens...

Green cardamom is one of those rare herbs that feels equally at home in a kitchen, a tea cup, and a traditional remedy cabinet....

Green bristlegrass, Setaria viridis, is an annual grass better known to botanists and farmers than to mainstream herbal readers. It grows widely across temperate...

Green amaranth, most often identified as Amaranthus tricolor, is a fast-growing leafy vegetable valued across Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for both food and...

Greek oregano is the sharp, resinous, sun-loving oregano most people imagine when they think of classic Mediterranean cooking. Botanically, it is Origanum vulgare subsp....

Greek mountain tea is the traditional herbal infusion made from the flowering aerial parts of Sideritis scardica, a Balkan plant often called ironwort, shepherd’s...

Graviola, also known as soursop or guanábana, is a tropical tree whose fruit is eaten as food and whose leaves, bark, and other parts...

Grapefruit seed comes from Citrus × paradisi, a citrus hybrid best known for its tart fruit and aromatic peel. In health products, though, the...