Plants
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Mimosa tenuiflora – Jurema
This mimosa-like tree or shrub, also known as Mimosa hostilis, occurs predominantly in South Mexico, Central America and Eastern Brazil. Use: The bark...
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Mandragora officinarum – Mandrake
The mandrake, a perennial plant, grows on fields and on stony places in Southern Europe. It is a member of the family...
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Lophophora williamsii – Peyote
While many other cacti are not always easy to identify by laymen, the peyote has a very characteristic and unmistakable appearance: A round...
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Lobelia inflata – Indian tobacco
This Lobelia is an annual North American plant with blue flowers in the family of the campanulaceae. Use: The leaves, stems and seeds...
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Liriosma ovata – Muira puama, Potency wood
A shrub-like tree with a slightly pink colored bark, that occurs mostly in the Amazon and Orinoko areas of Brazil. Use: Traditionally, aqueous extracts...
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Leonurus sibiricus – Marihuanilla, Siberian motherwort
A medicinal plant from Siberia, China and Mongolia in the family of the lamiaceae. Easy to cultivate, always blooming with purple colored flowers....
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Leonotis leonurus – Lion’s tail, Wild dagga
A large South African shrub in the family of the lamiaceae with beautiful orange-colored flowers. Use: The darkish, green resin is extracted from the...
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Lagochilus inebrians – Inebriating mint
The inebriating mint, as it is named in English, is a Central Asian shrub of the family of the labiatae. Use: The leaves...
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Lactuca virosa – Wild lettuce
The wild lettuce, a biennial plant, is a relative of the common lettuce. Use: The juice of the plant can be obtained...
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Kaempferia galanga – Galanga, galangal, maraba
Galanga, a relative of ginger, is an old spice and medicinal plant of Southeast Asia. Use: The roots are chewed and swallowed. In...