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Common name: Lion's ear
Family name: Lamiaceae
Part used: Leaves, whole plant
Active ingredient: Tryptamines; Leonurine ( alkaloid )
Uses: In Trinidad, the leaves are brewed as tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapsed and Malaria. It is psychoactive.
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Scientific name: Datura stramonium
Common Name: Thorn apple
Family: Solanaceae
Active ingredients: Tropane alkaloids, hyoscyamine
and scopolamine
Uses: Used as hallucinogen
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English/ Common name: Black Pepper
Family: Pipericeae
Part used: Seed
Active ingredients: Volatile oil, akaloids, loisanine, dihydrowlsanine, dihydropiperine and related I alkaloids: resin, lignans-dihydrocubabin, sesanin, aschantin. I Uses: For the treatment of coughs, bronchitis and rheumatism; the powered drug is insect repell'ant and insecticidal; fruit is spice. Antiviral.
Season: October - February
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English/Common Name: Grains of Paradise, Alle.ga- torl'epper
Family: Zingiberaceae
Part Used: Seed
Chemical Composition:Gingerol, Shagaol, para ole,
hydroxypheyalKanones( 6)
Traditional Use: The rhizomes are also used in ,the treatment of dysentery and diarrhoea. The seeds:are chewed to cure dysentery as a sedative against toothache, to guard against rheumatism and migraine and to cure fever.the spice is also used as a sexual stimulant.
Season: May - June
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English/ Common name: Baobab tree
Family: Bombacaceae
Part used: Seed, fruit pulp and stem
Active ingredients: Adansonin, Calsium etc. Uses: Fruit pulp used as beverage, seed contain non-drying edible oil that can be used in cosmetics industry.
Leaves -potherb.,Bark contains fibre.
Season: November - February. |
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Scientific name: Picralima nitida
Common Name: Picralima or Akuamma
Family name: Apocynaceae
Description: Tree or shrub; 4-35m high, crown dense,
trunk 5-60m diameter; cylindrical, wood very hard with
petiolate leaves.
Habit: It is found in rain forest understorey.
Part used: Seeds, bark
Active ingredients: Akuammine, an indole alkaloid, akuammidine and up-akuammigine were found to be potent -opiod agonists, also pseudo- kuammigine, picrantine, picrantidine, akuammigine, picratidine,
akuammicine.
Uses: For the treatment of Malaria, and diarrhea and as painkiller. Treatment of Hernia and stomach disorders. It is antipyretic, anti inflammatory and analgesic. For the treatment of protozoal diseases.
Season: July-October |
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English / Common Name: Cashew Nuts Family: Anacardiaceae
Part Used: Nuts
Active Ingredients: Anacardic acid
Uses: Used as food, high in protein and minerals.
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THORN APPLE/ JIMSON WEED
