Ipecacuanha or ipecac is a plant. It is a low-growing tropical plant that grows mostly in America, having roots and rhizomes that yield emetine. A small shrub whose principal support Read more >>

Tobacco is a plant within the genus Nicotiana of the Solanaceae (nightshade) family and is native to North and South America. It is consumed by smoking, inhaling, or chewing and Read more >>

Jimson weed is an annual herb which grows up to 5 feet tall. It has a pale green stem with spreading branches. Leaves are ovate with green or purplish coloration, Read more >>

Sassafras was known primarily as a medicinal herb to the American Indians and, later, to the Europeans, who shipped great quantities to shops in England and on the Continent.   The Read more >>

Trumpet tree has large heart shaped leaves and grows to about 15 metres in height. It has a knotty hollow trunk that resembles a coconut palm and belongs to the Read more >>

Wild indigo (Baptisia australis) is a thin branched leafy shrub reaching 1 to 2 metres in height with trifoliate leaves, narrow flowers with tubuliferous spikes of a brick colour. Wild Read more >>

Shepherd’s purse is a plant of the Cruciferae family. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine. This species is believed to have originated in southern Read more >>

The sensitive plant is a trailing plant; the stems have numerous thorns generally hairy where they sprout from 4 to 8 small leaves. It has a mauve coloured round headed Read more >>

Guacima is a medium-sized tree that grows up to 20 m high, with a trunk 30 to 60 cm in diameter. Its oblong leaves are 6 to 12 cm long, Read more >>