Cheap Wild Medicine from a Common Plant Spanish Needle or Bidens pilosa
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Family: Asteraceae
Botanical name: Bidens pilosa
Common names:
English: Farmers friend, Black Jack, Beggarsticks, Spanish needles,devils needles, pitchforks, broom stick, broom stuff
Filipino: pisau-pisau
Hawaiian: Ki, Ki nehe, ki pipili, nehe
Japanese: ko-sendangusa
Maori (Cook Islands) Kamika tuarongo,niroa,piripiri, piripiri kerekere,
Spanish: acetillo, amor seco, arponcito, asta de cabra, bidente piloso, cacho de cabra, cadillo, hierba amarilla, masquia,mazote, papung chipaca, pega-pega, perca, rosella, […]
Egyptian Spinach in the Rasta Garden for high protein
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Egyptian Spinach
Corchorus olitorius Buy seeds for this plant here
This plant is a great addition to the food garden. It is very high in nutrition and protein and grows easily. Once known as the food of the Pharaohs it has been cultivated for thousands of years and recognised for its medicinal and nutritional […]