Benefits Of: ULLUCO
Basellaceae (Madeira-vine family) The ulluco is native to the Andes Mountain Range, where it grows wild in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. Description. Perennial creeping herb 30-50 cm (12-20 in) …
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Benefits Of: AMAZON TREE GRAPE, UVILLA
Urticaceae (Nettle family) The ashes of the leaves of P. cecropiifolia are chewed together with coca leaves by indigenous Colombian tribes to enhance the effect of the drug. Description. …
Benefits Of: PERUVIAN CHERRY CAPE GOOSEBERRY
Solanaceae (Nightshade family) Golden, marble-sized berries are surrounded by elongated, papery calyx leaves that form a balloonlike husk around the fruit. Description. Small herbaceous or soft-wooded plant, 0.5-1.5 m …
Benefits Of: OTAHEITE GOOSEBERRY MALAY GOOSEBERRY
Phyllanthaceae (Leafflower family) Description. Deciduous tree with a spreading growth habit, 5-8 m (16-26 ft) tall. Alternate, compound leaves 16-28 cm (6.3-11 in) long. Leaflets ovate to lanceolate, blue-green …
Benefits Of: SAPODILLA
Sapotaceae (Sapodilla family) Description. Large evergreen tree with white, gummy latex in all plant parts, 25-35 m (80-115 ft) tall. Alternate, elliptic leaves are spirally clustered at tips of …
Benefits Of: MANGO
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family) Mango peel and sap contain uroshiol, an oily organic allergen also found in poison ivy and poison sumac. Description. Large evergreen tree 25-40 m (80130 ft) …
Benefits Of: BARBADOS CHERRY, ACEROLA
Malpighiaceae (Acerola family) Juice made from the Barbados cherry is used in traditional medicine to treat flu and cold symptoms and also to cure respiratory diseases. Description. Large, densely …
Benefits Of: MAHUA TREE, INDIAN BUTTERTREE
Sapotaceae (Sapodilla family) Description. Deciduous tree with a rounded crown and gray, cracked and fissured bark, 20-25 m (6682 ft) tall. Alternate elliptic to oblong, leathery leaves 15-25 cm …
Benefits Of: ANDEAN LUPINE, CHOCHO
Fabaceae (Bean family) Description. Erect, leguminous, herbaceous plant reaching 2 m (6.6 ft) in height. Alternate, palmately compound leaves are densely covered in soft, silvery hairs. Purple, self-pollinated flowers …
Benefits Of: ENGKALA
Lauraceae (Laurel family) Description. Medium-sized to large evergreen tree, 12-24 m (39-79 ft) tall, with an open crown consisting of horizontal branches. Alternate, glabrous leaves with stout petioles. Blades …