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Plants for Health There are 110 products.
In this section we gathered those plants that are said to have a positive effect on health. These species belong to different plant families and different areas of the world. The diversity of human culture has learnt to live with the diversity of plants and some species became therapeutical or medicinal. Some, like Aloe vera grow in sunny and dry conditions and can live in a small pot. Some others will become large trees and need space and time to grow. Remember to be careful, not all these plants are edible, some are toxic if eaten or applied to the skin.
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Etlingera elatior 'Pink'
Etlingera elatior 'Pink'
This is the pink form of a fabulous exotic bloom! "Torch gingers" are tropical ornamental plants of supreme beauty. The torch-like inflorescence is produced at eye level and the vegetative shoots are also very elegant. It is used as a food ingredient for delicacies in SE Asia and also as a medicine.
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Firmiana simplex - Chinese Parasol Tree
Firmiana simplex - Chinese Parasol Tree
A frost resistant tree relative of the more tropical Sterculia and Brachychiton.
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Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo is a fabulous Asian tree, able to grow in cold temperate to subtropical climates. It is an excellent ornamental but it is also appreciated for its medicinal properties.
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Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’
Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’
Perennal plant native from Africa and Asia.
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Gynura bicolor - Okinawan Spinach
Gynura bicolor - Okinawan Spinach
This edible gynura is a small herbaceous shrub with some truly showy foliage, which is purple and glossy in the underleaf. It is native to SE.Asia, where it is used as a medicine and as a food. It is cooked as any spinach-like lettuce.
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Gynura procumbens - Longevity Spinach
Gynura procumbens - Longevity Spinach
Edible leafy shrub native to SE.Asia, where it is used as a medicine and as a food. It is cooked as any spinach-like lettuce.
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Haemanthus albiflos - White Paintbrush
Haemanthus albiflos - White Paintbrush
South African bulb with exotic paintbrush inflorescences. It thrives in mediterranean conditions, slow but steady. It is used in traditional medicine to treat chronic coughs and also has antiviral activity.
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Haworthia limifolia var. limifolia
Haworthia limifolia var. limifolia
Cont.= 8,5. Different Haworthia, with flat leaves, heavily banded with ridges. This clone is dark green to rusty brown, depending on light, up to 10 cm in diam. Native from Mozambique to Mpumalanga. It has antibacterial and antifungal properties.
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Helichrysum Italicum
Helichrysum Italicum
Helichrysum italicum is a flowering plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is sometimes called false curry plant. It grows on dry, rocky or sandy ground around the Mediterranean. The stems are woody at the base and can reach 60 cm or more in height. The clusters of yellow flowers are produced in Summer, they retain their colour after picking and are...
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Honeydew Honey
Honeydew Honey
Wow! This highly prized Canarian honeydew-honey includes a lot of nectar and secretions collected from banana inflorescences, and also from the insects honeydew existing there and in the neighbouring avocado orchards. It is very smooth and not as sweet as most honeys. VERY HEALTHY! It is produced in Northern Tenerife, during the warmer months. Certified...
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Hoodia gordonii
Hoodia gordonii
Beautiful branched Hoodia from Botswana, South Africa and Namibia. It has become also popular as a medicinal plant, since it reputedly works as an appetite suppressant.
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Ipomoea aquatica 'Narrow Leaf' - Water Spinach
Ipomoea aquatica 'Narrow Leaf' - Water Spinach
This is one of the most useful veggies to keep at hand. It It will thrive almost anywhere and will produce tasty and healthy food throughout the warmer months, with an exotic ornamental accent. Flowers are pink, with a purple throat, abundantly produced by well-fed plants.
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Ipomoea batatas 'Okinawa' - Okinawan Purple Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas 'Okinawa' - Okinawan Purple Sweet Potato
Okinawan Sweet Potatoes are known to be the reason why the old natives of Okinawa used to live for so long. TThe high concentration of purple Xanthocyans in this tuber have life-lengthening properties. This cultivar is quite popular in SE Asia to Hawaii. It forms clumps (n,ot much running) and takes about 5-6 months to be gathered.
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Kaempferia parviflora - Thai black ginger
Kaempferia parviflora - Thai black ginger
Healthy in general, as most gingers, this Kaempferia is used as a strengthener or aphrodisiac since immemorial times. It is also a nice ornamental: flowers are not too exciting (parvi-flora means small flowered) but leaves are glossy and wavy.
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Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri
Very ornamental succulent plant, native to rocky areas of NW Madagascar. Leaves are silvery and banded. Inflorescences are tall and elegant. Leaves are also said to have many therapeutic uses. It is easy to keep in pots
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Kalanchoe pinnata
Kalanchoe pinnata
Upright succulent from Madagascar, with showy winter flowers. This plant has a high concentration of alkaloids, steroids, lipids, and other phytochemical compounds.
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Lawsonia alba - Henna
Lawsonia alba - Henna
Henna is the most ancient dye, widely used from Northern Africa to India. It is a compact bushy tough shrub that can take frost to drought.
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Leptospermum scoparium - Manuka Tea Tree
Leptospermum scoparium - Manuka Tea Tree
Elegant evergreen shrub with deep green fragrant leaves that bears small flowers of white to pink in colour. It is resistant to moderate frost. This plant is called Manuka and it is known for medicinal purposes but also because it makes a special bee honey. There are also reports of therapeutic properties.
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Lonicera japonica - White Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica - White Honeysuckle
This white honeysuckle is a classic of all times. It is a fast growing, robust vine with sweet smelling white flowers. Thesea are developed in pairs and turn cream coloured as they age. It can be kept low as a shrub. It is also used medicinally, both by modern science and by traditional Chinese medicine.
21,60 €
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