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Elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) is a tropical tuber widely used in South and Southeast Asian cuisine and traditional medicine. Recognizable by its large...

Elderflower, the fragrant cream-white blossom of Sambucus canadensis, has a long place in North American and European herbal practice. It is gentle in character,...

Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a dark purple berry that has been used in traditional European herbal medicine for centuries, particularly for immune support and...

Edelweiss is one of those rare herbs that carries both cultural romance and real scientific interest. Best known as the small, white alpine flower...

Eclipta, botanically known as Eclipta prostrata and often called bhringraj or false daisy, is a small herb with an outsized reputation in traditional medicine....

Ecklonia cava is a brown seaweed native to the coastal waters of Japan and Korea. Long valued in traditional East Asian diets, it has...

Ecballium, better known as Ecballium elaterium or squirting cucumber, is a striking Mediterranean plant with an unusually forceful medicinal history. Unlike gentler herbs used...

Ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum, is best known for its dense black heartwood, yet traditional medical systems have also valued parts of the plant for...

Eastern White Pine is a tall North American conifer with a long history of practical and medicinal use. Long before it appeared in modern...

Eastern teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens, is a low-growing evergreen shrub native to North America and better known to many people as American wintergreen or checkerberry....

Eastern Red Cedar, botanically known as Juniperus virginiana, is not a true cedar at all but an aromatic juniper native to eastern North America....

Eastern prickly pear is a low-growing, cold-hardy cactus with a tougher reputation than its health profile first suggests. Known botanically as Opuntia humifusa, it...

Eastern hemlock is a graceful evergreen tree native to eastern North America, but it is also a lesser-known traditional remedy with a long folk...

Eastern cottonwood is a fast-growing North American tree best known for its sticky spring buds, aromatic resin, and long history in traditional medicine. While...

East Indian Screw Tree, also called Helicteres isora, is a twisted-fruit medicinal shrub used in South Asian traditional medicine, especially for bowel complaints, abdominal...

East Indian lemongrass, botanically known as Cymbopogon flexuosus, is a fragrant tropical grass valued for its bright lemon scent, citral-rich essential oil, and long...

East Indian Globe Thistle, better known botanically as Echinops echinatus, is a thorny member of the daisy family with a long history in Ayurveda...

Dwarf Red Shartoot is a long-fruited mulberry variety from the species Morus macroura, valued both as a nutrient-dense fruit and as a traditional botanical...

Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)—also known as danewort—is a striking, herbal elder relative that behaves very differently from the shrub elderberries most people know. It...

Dwarf bottlebrush is the compact, garden-friendly form of Melaleuca viminalis (also known in older references as Callistemon viminalis). While most people know it for...

Duck potato—also called broadleaf arrowhead or wapato—is a wetland plant best known for its small, starchy tubers. While it is often discussed like an...

Dryas (Dryas octopetala), often called mountain avens or eight-petaled dryas, is a small, evergreen, arctic-alpine shrub in the rose family. It thrives in harsh,...

Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris), sometimes called fern-leaf dropwort, is a traditional European herb from the rose family (Rosaceae). It grows in dry grasslands and calcareous...

Drimys (Drimys winteri), often called canelo or Winter’s bark, is an evergreen tree native to the cool, wet forests of southern Chile and Argentina....