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THYME

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This flowering plant is 15-30 cm tall and 40 cm wide. It is an evergreen subshrub with tiny, greatly fragrant, grey-green leaves and clusters of purple or pink flowers in early summer. read more

ARNICA

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Arnica is a European flowering plant with large yellow flower head. The height of this aromatic perennial herb is about 18-60 cm. The leaves are green, ovate, with rounded tips. The plant flowers between May and August. read more

FENUGREEK SEEDS

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Plant is up to 60 cm height with alternate triple-complex leaves of 2 cm long. The leaves are of ovoid shape. The stem is branchy, roundish with a taproot. Flowers are sessile, very small, yellowish white, and at the base light-violet. The plant blooms from May to June. Flowers produce long (up to 10 cm) narrow (4-5 mm thick) bare or slightly hairy beans with hard rectangular seeds. read more

GARLIC

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The leaves are of considerable length, narrowing and plane. The bulb consists of several bulblets, known technically as 'cloves. The flowers are placed at the end of a stem rising direct from the bulb and are whitish, grouped together in a globular head. read more

MARSHMALLOW

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The stem is upright and simple. Its height is about 1 m, but sometimes it can be 2 m. The leaves are roundish, ovate-cordate, thick, and velvety on both sides. The flowers are smaller than of the common mallow and of a pale color. The period of blooming is lasting from August to September, and are followed by the flat. read more

DILL HERB

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Dill is an odorous plant with a straight stem, growing no more than 120 cm. The dill stem is thin and branchy and is painted in a dark green color. The leaves of the plant are egg-shaped, depending on the location they have different shapes. For example, the lower leaves are long, located on wide petioles. The leaves at the top of the stem are sessile and sheathing. Dill flowers are collected in large umbels. Dill seeds are ovate. read more

GREEN COFFEE TIME

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The height of the plant varies from 9 to 12 m. The system of branches is open. The leaves are sleek, of dark green color. They are simple, of elliptic-ovate shape, 6-12 cm long and 4-8 cm broad. The flowers are of white color and are 10-15 mm in diameter. The seeds are hidden in a drupe, of red-purple color, 10-15 mm in diameter, usually containing 2 seeds. read more

MOTHERWORT

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The height of an adult plant is from 30 to 200 cm. The root is stalky. The stem is erect, sometimes branched. Leaves are petiolate. The lower leaves are palmately lobed or palmatisected, and the upper leaves are whole. They are the largest ones, up to 15 cm in length; closer to the top the leaves gradually decrease. read more

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE WITH HORSERADISH

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The root is thick and fleshy. The stem is straight, branching, 50-150 cm high. Basal leaves are very large, oblong or oblong-oval, crenate, heart-shaped at base; lower leaves are pinnately-divided and oblong-lanceolate; upper leaves are linear, entire-edge. Calyx is about 3 mm long. Petals are about 6 mm long, white, short-nodular. Fruits are pods, oblong-oval, swollen, 5-6 mm long; seed capsules are with 4 seeds. read more

BAY. TURN OVER A NEW LEAF

BAY. TURN OVER A NEW LEAF />
Laurel is an evergreen tree or a high shrub, reaching 10-15 m in height, with a brown smooth bark and bare shoots. The crown is leafy, mostly pyramidal. Leaves are alternate, short-petioled, entire, glabrous, simple, 6-20 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, with a peculiar spicy odor; the base of the leaf is oblong, lanceolate or elliptical, dark green on top, light on the underside. Inflorescences are umbellate, numerous, collected mainly at the end of branches. read more

BURDOCK

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A large perennial or biennial herbaceous plant, 60-120 cm high (sometimes up to three meters). The root is thick, rod-shaped, and spindle-shaped, up to 60 cm long. The stem is erect, powerful, longitudinally grooved, often reddishly colored. The leaves are very large, petiolate, cordate. Flowers are tubular, in dark purple baskets. Blossoms in June-July. read more

MANGO

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Mango is rich in vitamins A, B, C, D and E. Moreover, the content of vitamin C can reach up to 175 mg per 100 g of flesh pulp. In addition, there is a very high content of such sugars as sucrose, xylose, glucose, fructose seloheptulose, maltose, mannoheptulose. read more

HORSE CHESTNUT PROFILE

HORSE CHESTNUT PROFILE />
Deciduous tree of up to 25 m high. Leaves are large, complex, five to seven fingered, with long petioles. They form a dense crown. Flowers are campanulate, asymmetric, fragrant with a strong, pleasant smell. Chestnut fruit is a ball-shaped green capsule (walnut), 6-8 cm in length, seated with prickly thorns. The fruit contains 1-4 seeds. read more

BLACK WALNUT

BLACK WALNUT />
The medium size of a black walnut tree varies from 70-90 feet tall and 2-3 feet in diameter. The branches are extensively spread and create a huge crown. The bark is thick and brown to grayish-black. The bark is deeply grooved and has narrowing branched ridges. read more

FENNEL

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The plant includes a high amount of essential oil. There is up to 6.5% of it in fruits, and up to 0.5% in leaves. Fennel essential oil has a characteristic aroma and a spicy-sweet taste. read more

ASHWAGANDHA

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This plant is a low, delicate perennial shrub of 35–75 cm tall. Lanuginous boughs run on radially from a main stem. Leaves are dark green, ovate, usually up to 10–12 cm long. The flowers are miniature, green and in the form of bell. The full-grown fruit is orange-red. read more

CARDAMOM

CARDAMOM />
Elettaria cardamomum is a piquant, fragrant, herbaceous, everlasting plant. Its growth is about 2-4 m in height. The leaves are represented of linear-lanceolate class of 40-60 cm long with a lengthy sharp upper part. The flowers are white to lilac or pale violet, produced in a detached prickle 30–60 cm long. The fruit is a trihedral yellow-green pod of 1–2 cm long, consisting of a number of black and brown seeds. read more

MUSTARD

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in general, all kinds of mustard refer to annual plants. They have entire leaves. Flowers have yellow petals, bent in the opposite direction. Most often, the height of plants reaches a meter. The fruit is the pod. It has a long and slightly flattened nose. There are several distinctly protruding veins. The diaphragm is thick, the seeds have a round shape and are arranged in a row. read more

YARROW

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Yarrow is an herbaceous, perennial plant. Stems are erect and simple, 20-60 cm tall. Leaves look like fuzzy pipe cleaners. They are alternate, 3-15 cm long, lanceolate, pinnate and highly dissected. Numerous flowering heads are in flat or round-topped paniculate-corymbose inflorescence. read more

BARLEY

BARLEY />
Barley is an annual herb of 60-120 cm height. The rhizome may be one or several internodes in length. The stems are erect and made up of hollow, cylindrical internodes, separated by the nodes, which bear the leaves. read more