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Bael, also known as Bengal quince, stone apple, or bilva, is a traditional medicinal fruit tree valued across South Asia for its gut-soothing and...

New Jersey tea, Ceanothus americanus, is a small North American shrub with a long history that connects food, folk medicine, and plant science. During...

Nepalese alder, or Alnus nepalensis, is a fast-growing Himalayan tree better known in forestry and traditional medicine than in modern wellness marketing. Its bark,...

Nepal cinquefoil, or Potentilla nepalensis, is a Himalayan flowering herb in the rose family that is better known in gardens than in mainstream herbal...

Myrobalan, most often referring to Terminalia chebula and widely known in Ayurveda as haritaki, is one of the most respected traditional fruits in South...

Moneywort, better known to many gardeners as creeping Jenny, is a low-growing herb with rounded, coin-like leaves and bright yellow flowers. Behind its ornamental...

Mimosa pudica, often called sensitive plant or touch-me-not, is one of the most recognizable medicinal herbs because its leaves fold inward when touched. Beyond...

Meadow crane’s-bill is a striking blue-flowered meadow plant with a longer medicinal history than most gardeners realize. Botanically known as Geranium pratense, it belongs...

Meadow bistort, also known as common bistort, adderwort, or snakeweed, is a perennial herb best known for its dense pink flower spikes and its...

Lady’s mantle is one of those herbs that seems to sit at the crossroads of folk medicine, women’s health traditions, and modern plant science....

Koromiko, often listed botanically as Hebe stricta and now commonly aligned with Veronica stricta, is a traditional New Zealand medicinal shrub with one especially...

Katong Laut, also known as Cynometra ramiflora, is a tropical coastal and mangrove-associated tree with a long but still lightly documented history in traditional...

Indian Jalap (Ipomoea purga) is a traditional medicinal root historically valued for its powerful purgative and detoxifying properties. Belonging to the morning glory family...

Hornwort, also called coontail, is a fully submerged freshwater plant better known in ponds and aquariums than in modern herbal cabinets. That alone makes...

Hop hornbeam, also called ironwood or leverwood, is a small North American tree with a much bigger folk-medicine story than most people realize. Traditionally,...

Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum, is a small, sharp-scented woodland herb with a much bigger medicinal reputation than its size suggests. For centuries, traditional European...

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

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...

Great burnet, botanically known as Sanguisorba officinalis, is a traditional medicinal herb best known for its strongly astringent root. In East Asian practice it...

Fragrant sumac, or Rhus aromatica, is a North American shrub best known for its lemon-scented leaves, bright red fruits, and longstanding place in traditional...

Foam flower, botanically known as Tiarella cordifolia, is a woodland perennial better known for its airy white blooms than for its medicinal history. Yet...

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

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,...

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is the sweet, cocoa-colored pod of a Mediterranean evergreen tree, traditionally eaten as a food and increasingly used as a functional...