A Plant A Day

Standing in front of this wall of herbs, it is hard not to feel the power of herbalism at the […]

Ajwain (aka. carom; Trachyspermum ammi), thought to have originated in the eastern Mediterranean region, likely around Egypt and the Near

The Headache Tree (aka. Agnimantha, Arni; Premna integrifolia) is a woody shrub or small tree in the Lamiaceae family, with

➡️ In the herbal world, we all nod our heads at one core principle: you can’t make a truly high‑quality

One of Kew’s recent discoveries was a remarkably distinctive orchid from South America with dark heartwood; thus, named ‘Black Soul’.

This post series on botanical ingredient adulteration is inspired by the excellent work coming out of the Botanical Adulterants Prevention

We often focus on the extraction step as the “technology,” but for yannick piriou and his team, the real breakthrough

Fan-Leaf Mountain Yam (Dioscorea nipponica) is an East-Asian perennial twining wild yam that can reach about 5 m. Its horizontal,

Most people judge herbal products by what is on the label, but almost nobody asks how those ingredients were actually

Among recent plant discoveries was a newly recognized plant lineage that lacks photosynthesis and depends entirely on fungi for nutrition.