"of Caribbean cuisine. It is used in Jamaican jerk seasoning (the wood is used to smoke jerk in Jamaica, although the spice is a good substitute), in ""moles"", and in pickling; it is also an ingredient in commercial sausage preparations and curry powders. Allspice is also indispensable in Middle Eastern cuisine, particularly in the Levant, where it is used to flavour a variety of stews and meat dishes. In Arab cuisine, for example, many main dishes call for allspice as the sole spice added for flavouring. In the West Indies, an allspice liqueur is produced under the name ""pimento dram"""
"Allspice Allspice, also called pimenta, Jamaica pimenta, or myrtle pepper, is the dried unripe fruit (berries, used as a spice) of ""Pimenta dioica"", a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. The name ""allspice"" was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Several unrelated fragrant shrubs are called ""Carolina allspice"" (""Calycanthus floridus""), ""Japanese allspice"" (""Chimonanthus praecox""), or ""wild allspice"" (""Lindera benzoin""). ""Allspice"" is also sometimes used to refer to the herb costmary (""Tanacetum balsamita"")."
"become naturalized on Kauai and Maui. Allspice (""P. dioica"") was encountered by Christopher Columbus on the island of Jamaica during his second voyage to the New World, and named by Diego Álvarez Chanca. It was introduced into European and Mediterranean cuisines in the 16th century. It continued to be grown primarily in Jamaica, though a few other Central American countries produced allspice in comparatively small quantities. Allspice Allspice, also called pimenta, Jamaica pimenta, or myrtle pepper, is the dried unripe fruit (berries, used as a spice) of ""Pimenta dioica"", a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and"
"Myrtaceae Myrtaceae or the myrtle family is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pohutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All species are woody, with essential oils, and flower parts in multiples of four or five. The leaves are evergreen, alternate to mostly opposite, simple, and usually with an entire (not toothed) margin. The flowers have a base number of five petals, though in several genera the petals are minute or absent. The stamens are usually very conspicuous, brightly coloured and numerous. Recent estimates"
"Allspice is the dried fruit of the ""Pimenta dioica"" plant. The fruits are picked when green and unripe and are traditionally dried in the sun. When dry they are brown and resemble large, smooth peppercorns. Fresh leaves are similar in texture to bay leaves and similarly used in cooking. Leaves and wood are often used for smoking meats where allspice is a local crop. Care must be taken during drying to ensure that volatile oil, such as eugenol, remains in the end products. Allspice can also be found in essential oil form. Allspice is one of the most important ingredients"
"Greek and means 'different nourishment' (""allo""– 'different', 'other'; ""tropus""– 'nourishment'). Allotropa Allotropa virgata is in the family Ericaceae (Heath Family) and is the only species of the genus Allotropa. It is a perennial plant that gets its common names from the distinct white and red or maroon stripes along its erect peduncle. ""A. virgata"" are nongreen as they lack chlorophyll, instead obtaining nutrition from neighboring green plants through a fungal intermediate. ""Allotropa virgata"" feeds exclusively on Matsutake mushroom mycelium. Its common names include Sugarstick, Sugar-stick, Candystriped allotropa and Barber's Pole. ""Allotropa virgata"" is found in the oak, coniferous and hardwood"
"Myristicaceae The Myristicaceae are a family of flowering plants native to Africa, Asia, Pacific islands, and the Americas and has been recognized by most taxonomists. It is sometimes called the ""nutmeg family"", after its most famous member, ""Myristica fragrans"", the source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The best known genera are ""Myristica"" in Asia and ""Virola"" in the Neotropics. The family consists of about 21 genera with about 520 species of trees, shrubs and rarely lianas (""Pycnanthus"") found in tropical forests across the world. Most of the species are large trees that are valued in the timber industry. They"
"Allotropa Allotropa virgata is in the family Ericaceae (Heath Family) and is the only species of the genus Allotropa. It is a perennial plant that gets its common names from the distinct white and red or maroon stripes along its erect peduncle. ""A. virgata"" are nongreen as they lack chlorophyll, instead obtaining nutrition from neighboring green plants through a fungal intermediate. ""Allotropa virgata"" feeds exclusively on Matsutake mushroom mycelium. Its common names include Sugarstick, Sugar-stick, Candystriped allotropa and Barber's Pole. ""Allotropa virgata"" is found in the oak, coniferous and hardwood forests of the Pacific Northwest. It grows from 75 to"
"more widely used in other parts of the world, particularly East Asia. Known as escallion, ""A. fistulosum"" is an ingredient in Jamaican cuisine, in combination with thyme, scotch bonnet pepper, garlic, and allspice (called pimenta). Recipes with escallion sometimes suggest leek as a substitute in salads. Jamaican dried spice mixtures using escallion are available commercially. The Jamaican name is probably a variant of scallion, the term used loosely for the spring onion and various other plants in the genus ""Allium"". The Japanese name is ""negi"" (葱), which can also refer to other plants of the genus Allium, or more specifically"
"Myrsine Myrsine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Myrsinaceae before this was merged into the Primulaceae. It is found nearly worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. It contains about 200 species, including several notable radiations, such as the matipo of New Zealand and the kōlea of Hawaii (the New Zealand ""black matipo"", ""Pittosporum tenuifolium"", is not related to ""Myrsine""). In the United States, members of this genus are known as colicwood. Some species, especially ""M. africana"", are grown as ornamental shrubs. The leathery, evergreen leaves are simple and"
"However, the name 'cinnamon myrtle' is now used to describe the species in general. Cinnamon myrtle is part of a group of related Myrtaceae family members that were popularized as spices in Australian bushfood cuisine in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This group of plants also includes lemon myrtle (""Backhousia citriodora"") and aniseed myrtle (""Syzygium anisatum""). Backhousia myrtifolia Backhousia myrtifolia is a small rainforest tree species which grows in subtropical rainforests of Eastern Australia. ""B. myrtifolia"" is also known as carrol, carrol ironwood, neverbreak, ironwood or grey myrtle, or Australian lancewood. Cinnamon myrtle is a spice form of ""B."
"southern England is the earliest record of Myristicaceae. Myristicaceae The Myristicaceae are a family of flowering plants native to Africa, Asia, Pacific islands, and the Americas and has been recognized by most taxonomists. It is sometimes called the ""nutmeg family"", after its most famous member, ""Myristica fragrans"", the source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The best known genera are ""Myristica"" in Asia and ""Virola"" in the Neotropics. The family consists of about 21 genera with about 520 species of trees, shrubs and rarely lianas (""Pycnanthus"") found in tropical forests across the world. Most of the species are large trees"
"large amounts by commercial sausage makers. The allspice tree, classified as an evergreen shrub, can reach in height. Allspice can be a small, scrubby tree, quite similar to the bay laurel in size and form. It can also be a tall, canopy tree, sometimes grown to provide shade for coffee trees planted underneath it. It can be grown outdoors in the tropics and subtropics with normal garden soil and watering. Smaller plants can be killed by frost, although larger plants are more tolerant. It adapts well to container culture and can be kept as a houseplant or in a greenhouse."
"each mixes and matches with the foodways of the Seminole tribe and Anglophone settlers. Thus, for almost 200 years, Floridian cooking has had a more tropical flavor than any other Southern state. Allspice, a spice originally from Jamaica, is an ingredient found in spice mixes in summer barbecues along with ginger, garlic, scotch bonnet peppers, sea salt, and nutmeg; in Floridian cooking this is often a variant of Jamaican jerk spice. Coconuts are grown in the areas surrounding Miami and are shipped in daily through its port for consumption of the milk, meat, and water of the coconut. Bananas are"
"the ""Mimosa kalkora"" of William Roxburgh. ""Albizia julibrissin"" is known by a wide variety of common names, such as Persian silk tree or pink siris. It is also called Lenkoran acacia or bastard tamarind, though it is not too closely related to either genus. The species is usually called ""silk tree"" or ""mimosa"" in the United States, which is misleading - the former name can refer to any species of ""Albizia"" which is most common in any one locale. And, although once included in ""Mimosa"", neither is it very close to the Mimoseae. To add to the confusion, several species"
"Myrtus Myrtus, with the common name myrtle, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, described by Swedish botanist Linnaeus in 1753. Over 600 names have been proposed in the genus, but nearly all have either been moved to other genera or been regarded as synonyms. The ""Myrtus"" genus has three species recognised today: ""Myrtus communis"", the ""common myrtle"", is native across the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, western Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It is also cultivated. The plant is an evergreen shrub or small tree, growing to tall. The leaf is entire, 3–5 cm long, with a fragrant"
"Syzygium smithii Syzygium smithii (formerly ""Acmena smithii"") is a summer-flowering, winter-fruiting evergreen tree, belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It shares the common name ""lilly pilly"" with several other plants. In New Zealand, it is commonly known as 'monkey apple'. It is planted as shrubs or hedgerows, and features: rough, woody bark; cream and green smooth, waxy leaves; flushes of pink new growth; and white to maroon edible berries. Unpruned, it will grow about tall in the garden. ""Syzygium smithii"" 's name dates from its 1789 description as ""Eugenia smithii"" by French botanist Jean Louis Marie Poiret, its specific name"
"Nutmeg Nutmeg is the seed or ground spice of several species of the genus ""Myristica"". ""Myristica fragrans"" (fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg) is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from its fruit: nutmeg, from its seed, and mace, from the seed covering. It is also a commercial source of an essential oil and nutmeg butter. The California nutmeg, ""Torreya californica"", has a seed of similar appearance, but is not closely related to ""Myristica fragans"", and is not used as a spice. If consumed in amounts exceeding its typical use as a spice, nutmeg powder may produce allergic"
"stamens. However, ""Myristica"" is probably pollinated by true ants, a case of myrmecophily. A few New Guinea ""Myristica"" species have evolved hollow stem swellings in which ants reside. This facilitates a mutualistic relationship known as myrmecophily, and is similar to that of ""Cecropia"". The most important products of the family by far are the nutmeg and mace spices, both respectively derived from the seed and aril of ""Myristica fragrans"", a tree native to the Moluccas. A hallucinogenic snuff (containing a derivative of tryptamine) that is used by certain Amazonian tribes is obtained from the bark of ""Virola elongata"" and other"
"now species within other genera, including: ""Eugenia, Lophomyrtus, Luma, Rhodomyrtus, Syzygium, Ugni"", and at least a dozen other genera. The name ""myrtle"" is also used in common names (vernacular names) of unrelated plants in several other genera, such as: ""Crepe myrtle"" (""Lagerstroemia"" species and hybrids, Lythraceae); ""Wax myrtle"" (""Morella"" species, Myricaceae); and ""Creeping myrtle"" (""Vinca"" species, Apocynaceae). Myrtus Myrtus, with the common name myrtle, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, described by Swedish botanist Linnaeus in 1753. Over 600 names have been proposed in the genus, but nearly all have either been moved to other genera"
"Achillea Achillea is a group of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. The genus was named after the Greek mythological character Achilles. According to legend, Achilles' soldiers used yarrow to treat their wounds, hence some of its common names such as allheal and bloodwort. The genus is native primarily to Europe, temperate areas of Asia, and North America. The common name ""yarrow"" is usually applied to ""Achillea millefolium"", but may also be used for other species within the genus. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves. The plants show large, flat"
"Anthriscus sylvestris Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, or keck is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), genus ""Anthriscus"". It is also sometimes called mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa; in the south of its range in the Mediterranean region, it is limited to higher altitudes. It is related to other diverse members of Apiaceae, such as parsley, carrot, hemlock and hogweed. It is often confused with ""Daucus carota"" which"
"the ditypic family Hippocastanaceae along with ""Billia"", but recent phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular data has caused this family, along with the Aceraceae (maples and ""Dipteronia""), to be included in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae). The species of ""Aesculus"" include: The most familiar member of the genus worldwide is the common horse chestnut, ""Aesculus hippocastanum"". The yellow buckeye, ""Aesculus flava"" (syn. ""A. octandra""), is also a valuable ornamental tree with yellow flowers, but is less widely planted. Among the smaller species is the bottlebrush buckeye, ""Aesculus parviflora"", a flowering shrub. Several other members of the genus are used as ornamentals,"
"American species are the marlberry (""Ardisia escalloniodes"") and the Florida rapanea (""Rapanea punctata""). Plants in the myrsine family have few economic uses. A few genera, such as ""Ardisia"", ""Cyclamen"", ""Lysimachia"", and ""Myrsine"", are grown as ornamental plants, especially ""Ardisia crispa"" and ""Myrsine africana"". One species, ""Ardisia japonica"" (Chinese: 紫金牛; pinyin: ""zǐjīn niú""), is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. In the APG III system, the Myrsinaceae were not recognized, but were sunk into Primulaceae, which in that system is circumscribed very broadly. The following genera, traditionally categorized in Primulaceae ""sensu lato"", should, according to Källersjö et"
"Astilbe Astilbe is a genus of 18 species of rhizomatous flowering plants within the family Saxifragaceae, native to mountain ravines and woodlands in Asia and North America. Some species are known by the common names false goat's beard and false spirea. These hardy herbaceous perennials are cultivated by gardeners for their large, handsome, often fern-like foliage and dense, feathery plumes of flowers. They are widely adapted to shade and water-logged conditions, hence they are particularly associated with pond-side planting. They also tolerate clay soils well. Numerous hybrid cultivars have been raised. Flowers of at least some ""Astilbe"" species have a"
"Pink'. In a 2013 taxonomic revision of the genus, 22 species were recognized. Astartea Astartea is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. The genus name was inspired by Astarte, the Greek name for the goddess Ishtar. These plants take various forms, from dwarf shrubs barely 10 centimetres tall to small trees exceeding 5 metres in height. Some have lignotubers and some produce basal shoots. They are hairless and often glandular, sometimes with protruding oil glands on various parts. New stems are four-angled and sometimes winged. The leaves are"
"Alfalfa Alfalfa (), also called lucerne and called Medicago sativa in binomial nomenclature, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, and silage, as well as a green manure and cover crop. The name alfalfa is used in North America. The name lucerne is the more commonly used name in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The plant superficially resembles clover (a cousin in the same family), especially while young, when trifoliate leaves comprising round"
"Achillea millefolium Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and North America. It has been introduced as a feed for livestock in places like New Zealand and Australia, where it is a common herb of both wet and dry areas, such as roadsides, meadows, fields and coastal places. In New Mexico and southern Colorado, it is called ""plumajillo"" (Spanish for 'little feather') from its leaf shape and texture. In antiquity, yarrow was known as ""herbal militaris"", for"
"shades of pink and purple. The fruit is a light brown, fuzzy nutlet about 2 millimeters long. The plant was used medicinally by several Native American groups, especially the leaves. Agastache urticifolia Agastache urticifolia is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name nettleleaf giant hyssop or horse mint. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in many habitat types. This is an aromatic perennial herb growing an erect stem with widely spaced leaves, each lance-shaped to nearly triangular and toothed. The leaves are"
"Chamomile Chamomile (American English) or camomile (British English; see spelling differences) ( or ) is the common name for several daisy-like plants of the family Asteraceae. Two of the species are commonly used to make herbal infusions for medicinal uses, although there is no high-quality evidence for health benefits from consuming chamomile tea. The word ""chamomile"" derives, via French and Latin, from Greek χαμαίμηλον (), i.e. ""earth apple"", from χαμαί (""khamai"") ""on the ground"" and μῆλον (""mēlon"") ""apple"". The spelling ""chamomile"" corresponds to the Latin and Greek source. The spelling ""camomile"" is a British derivation from the French. Some commonly"
"strong and pleasant aroma. Some species, including ""Astilbe rivularis"", are used in traditional medicine. Species of ""Astilbe"" include: Commonly accepted cultivar groups are: The following varieties and cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: Astilbe Astilbe is a genus of 18 species of rhizomatous flowering plants within the family Saxifragaceae, native to mountain ravines and woodlands in Asia and North America. Some species are known by the common names false goat's beard and false spirea. These hardy herbaceous perennials are cultivated by gardeners for their large, handsome, often fern-like foliage and dense, feathery plumes of flowers."
"Agastache Agastache is a genus of aromatic flowering herbaceous perennial plants in the family Lamiaceae. It contains 22 species, mainly native to North America, one species native to eastern Asia. The common names of the species are a variety of fairly ambiguous and confusing ""hyssops"" and ""mints""; as a whole the genus is known as giant hyssops or hummingbird mints. Most species are very upright, 0.5–3 m tall, with stiff, angular stems clothed in toothed-edged, lance shaped leaves ranging from 1–15 cm long and 0.5–11 cm broad depending on the species. Upright spikes of tubular, two-lipped flowers develop at the"
"Thistle Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles occur all over the plant – on the stem and flat parts of leaves. They are an adaptation that protects the plant from being eaten by herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape of a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads. The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean exactly those plants in the tribe Cardueae (synonym: Cynareae), especially the genera ""Carduus"", ""Cirsium"", and ""Onopordum"". However, plants outside this"