Lemon-Balm

Lemon Balm

• Common name : Lemon Balm, Balm Mint • Scientific name : Melissa officinalis • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Southern Europe, Eastern, Mid-Western and Pacific North-West states Lemon balm is a bushy herbaceous perennial of the mint family. The leaves are wrinkled, ovate, medium and green. Tiny, two-lipped, white flowers appear in […]

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Leek

Leek

• Common name : Wild Leek • Scientific name : Allium ampeloprasum • Family : Alliaceae • Native land : Eastern Mediterranean lands and the Middle East Leek is a hardy, vigorous, biennial plant. Leek has been known and used for centuries for its medicinal properties, although nowadays it is used mainly as food or

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Lavender

Lavender

• Common name : Lavender • Scientific name : Lavandulaangustifolia • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Western Mediterranean Lavender is a herbaceous perennial. This is a semi-woody plant that typically grows to 1.5-3.0 feet. It has narrow, grey-green leaves on square stems. Purple flowers appear in terminal spikes in late spring to early

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Laurus

Laurus

• Common name : Bay • Scientific name : Laurusnobilis • Family : Lauraceae • Native land : Mediterranean Bay is an evergreen tree. It may grow to 40 feet in its native regions. The tree or woody potted shrub bears dense, pointed, elliptical leaves, rather leathery in texture. The leaves are bright green when

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Konjac

Konjac

• Common name : Konjac • Scientific name : Amorphophalluskonjac • Family : Araceae • Native land : Warm sub-tropical to tropical Eastern Asia Konjac is a perennial plant. It grows from a large corm up to 25 cm in diameter. It has a single leaf of about 1.3 metres in length, across, bipinnate, and

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Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi

• Common name : German Turnip, Turnip Cabbage • Scientific name : Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes • Family : Brassicaceae/Cruciferae • Native land : Europe and North Africa Kohlrabi is an annual vegetable. It is a low, stout cultivar of cabbage. Kohlrabi is a strange looking vegetable, very different from other family members (cabbage, broccoli,

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Kiwifruit

Kiwifruit

• Common name : Kiwi, Chinese Gooseberry • Scientific name : Actinidiadeliciosa • Family : Actinideaceae • Native land : Southern China Kiwi is a woody deciduous vine. It can grow up to 10 metres tall. The flowers are white to cream-coloured. The russet-brown fruit is an oval berry densely covered with short, stiff, brown

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Kachampuli

Kachampuli

• Common name : Brindleberry, Malabar Tamarind • Scientific name : Garciniagummi-gutta • Family : Clusiaceae • Native land : Indonesia This plant is an evergreen, dioecious, understorey tree. Its branching is usually horizontal or drooping with thick, glossy, dark green leaves. It is mainly grown for its fruit that looks like a small pumpkin

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