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Ethnobotanicals Seeds

Since the beginning of civilization, people have used plants as medicine. Perhaps as early as Neanderthal man, plants were believed to have healing powers.Ethnobotany is the studies of the complex relationships between plants and cultures. In the Ethnobotanicals section you find seeds from plants which have medicinal or ritual uses ("Sacred Plants"). Ethnobotanists explore how plants were used for such things as food, shelter, medicine, clothing and religious ceremonies.
Winter Cherry (Withania somnifera)
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Caltrops (Tribulus terrestris)
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Yauhtli / Mexican Tarragon (Tagetes lucida)
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White Sage (Salvia apiana)
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Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
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Syrian Rue / Esfand (Peganum harmala)
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Tulsi / Holy basil (Ocimum sanctum syn. tenuiflorum)
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Wild Aztec Tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)
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Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum)
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Autumn Mandrake (Mandragora autumnalis)
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Lion's tail (Leonotis leonurus)
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Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue' (Ipomoea Tricolor)
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St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
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Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
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Hops (Humulus lupulus)
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Sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata)
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Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella)
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Drug Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
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Californian Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
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Desert Thorn-Apple (Datura discolor)
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Ethnobotany has its roots in botany and in fact, medicine and botany have always had close ties. Many of today's drugs have been derived from plant sources. Research in plant sources continues and plants are still used as the basis for some drug development. For example the jungles and rain forests of South America contains an incredibly diverse number of plant species, some still unexplored and many potentially useful as medicinal sources.
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