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SELFHEAL (PRUNELLA VULGARIS): FOLKLORE AND BOTANY
Selfheal plant with purple flower spikes growing low in meadow grass
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BLACK ELDERBERRY: FLOWERS, FOLKLORE, AND BERRIES
Black elderberry shrub with creamy elderflowers and dark purple berries along a hedgerow.
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GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE: GURMAR VINE OF INDIA'S GREEN FORESTS
Gymnema sylvestre vine with paired green leaves climbing through warm forest shrubs.
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ANDROGRAPHIS - THE KING OF BITTERS IN THE HERB GARDEN
Andrographis paniculata with narrow green leaves and small white flowers marked with purple streaks
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HORSE CHESTNUT: CONKERS, CANDLES, AND BALKAN ROOTS
Horse chestnut tree with white flower candles, palmate leaves, spiny fruit capsules, and glossy brown conkers
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AMLA (EMBLICA OFFICINALIS): INDIAN GOOSEBERRY TREE
Yellow-green amla fruits growing close to the feathery branchlets of an Indian gooseberry tree.
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SPILANTHES (ACMELLA OLERACEA): BUZZING JAMBU HERB
Close-up of Acmella oleracea spilanthes with yellow button-like flower heads and green leaves in a summer herb garden
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GUARANA PLANT GUIDE: AMAZON VINE WITH EYE-LIKE SEEDS
Ripe guarana fruit split open to show black seeds in white arils inside red capsules
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BLACK COHOSH: WOODLAND ROOT, FOLKLORE, AND BOTANY
Black cohosh with tall white flower spikes growing in a shaded eastern North American woodland
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SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS: FIVE-FLAVOR BERRY PLANT GUIDE"
Schisandra chinensis vine with clusters of red berries hanging among green leaves
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