Medicinal Plants & Herbs are powerful plants that have both nutritional and health benefits. They have phytochemicals with amazing health benefits, and nutritional value
Anacardium occidentale (cashew) is a plant from the Anacardium species. Though only the cashew nut and the cashew apple is edible and utilized as functional food, cashew leaf and the shell contains secondary metabolites which have medicinal values, and are utilized for various purposes. Cashew apple has minerals, vitamins, with the vitamin C content about … Read more
Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage produced from the fermentation of sap of different palm species. Alongside other fermented traditional beverages in Africa, such as Pito, Teji, Togwa, Burukutu, Sherbote, it has good content of probiotics. Palm wine is tapped through a series of steps that stimulate the flow of the sap. This involves perforation … Read more
Palm kernel oil is derived from the palm seed or nut or palm kernel of the palm fruit, unlike the palm oil that is obtained from the fruit (mesocarp) of the palm fruit. Palm kernel is a source of oil and dietary protein. The palm kernel or nut is oval, brown, with a hard shell. … Read more
Palm oil, or palm fruit oil, is obtained from the pulp of the fruit of the palm tree (Elaies guineensis). It is one of the most used edible vegetable oil, used to prepare a variety of dishes and for industrial purposes. It has become the third most utilized cooking oil in the globe. The tropical tree’s … Read more
Scallion also called green onions, salad onions, spring onions, or green bunch onions are a vegetable of the Alium onion species harvested at the immature stage before the bulb fully develops. It has a white base that did not fully develop into a bulb, and long green stalks. The white part has more flavor than … Read more
Onion (Allium cepa L.), also called common onion or bulb onion, is a biennial or perennial is a vegetable belonging to the Allium genus, and Liliaceae family. The Allium genus also contains leeks (Allium ampeloprasum), scallions (Allium fistulosum), shallots (Allium cepa var. aggregatum), and garlic (Allium sativum). The Latin word, cepa means “onion”. Onion may … Read more
Myrrh is the extract produced by the secretory tissues of the bark of the Commiphora species. The pale-gray discharge or a reddish-brown resin from the Commiphora are used as fragrance in perfume, cosmetics, aromatherapy, ointment, bouquet and in traditional medicine. Other therapeutic benefits have since been discovered. They belong to the family, Burseraceae. It is … Read more
Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium), also squawmint oil, is a moist-loving flowering plant of the mint family, Lamiaceae. The leaves of the plant emit a strong aroma similar to spearmint. Other names include (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, squaw mint, mint pennyroyal, squaw balm, tickweed, grows-in-a-ditch, mosquito plant, and pudding grass. Mentha pulegium may originate from eastern Mediterranean, … Read more
Water mint (Mentha aquatica L.), also called marsh mint, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the mentha species. It is an aromatic and medicinal plants that belong to the Lamiaceae family. The sweet tasting mint is an aquatic riparian flora. When water mint cross with spearmint, it produces peppermint. Water mint is native to Europe, … Read more
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) is a herbal plant and spice from the family, Fabaceae. The Latin name, “foenum-graecum” means Greek hay. The herb originates from the South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is now grown in India, the USA, France, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Northern Africa, Near East, Western Asia, Austria, Ethiopia, Chile, Argentina, China. It is … Read more