Archive for June, 2010

29 Jun, 2010

Parodia

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Parodia is a genus of the family of cacti (Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus in honor of the Argentine botanist Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi.

Description
The species of the genus Parodia remain low and grow singly or in groups of mostly small, spherical to short cylindrical stems.
On the slightly tuberculate or completely dissolved in rib [...]

29 Jun, 2010

Silybum marianum Uses

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The active ingredient complex of silibinin to contribute leberschützend (hepatoprotective), leberstärkend, detoxifying and stimulating circulation and the flow of bile.
Liver poisoning (for example, caused by the consumption of Amanita mushrooms), and cerebral edema can be treated with silybin (synonym Silibinin, Silymarin I), which is extracted from the fruit of the thistle. Silymarin is to change [...]

28 Jun, 2010

Mitraria

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Mitraria is a species of Mitraria, in the family Gesneriaceae. It is a woody climbing plant, native to the rainforest in Chile, the Andes of southern Argentina . It is grown as an ornamental plant in frost free areas.
Description
Adventitious roots, the new shoots are reddish, pubescent. Leaves opposite, serrated edge, ovate oblong, apex pointed, dark [...]