Plant Name Polygonum argyrocoleon. Botanical Info Annual herb 30-90 cm heigh. Geography: Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkish Armenia, Kurdistan. Found in fields, gardens, adundoned sites; grows often on saline soils. Typically found at the altitude of 0 to 2,400 meters.

Plant Name Physalis angulata Linn Botanical Info Herbaceous annual plant. A tree can reach up to 6 feet high, approximately 2 meters. Geography: Native to tropical America; cultivated in Indian gardens ; also grows in moist places as a weed. Continue reading Physalis angulata Linn→

Plant Name Peganum harmala Linn. Botanical Info A glabrous perennial plant with numerous herbaceous forked-corymbose stems from a shrubby base, 75 -100 cm tall. Geography: South Eu South Europe , Asia Minor,Middle east, South Russia, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, Tibet, Continue reading Peganum harmala→

Plant Name Paeonia anomala L. Botanical Info Perennial herbaceous plant, 60-100 cm high. Geography: It is spread in forest regions of the European part of the former USSR and in in Siberia. The plant is native to Central Asia mountains Continue reading Paeonia anomala→

Plant Name Oxytropis leucocyanea Bunge Botanical Info Perennial in height of 10-15 centimetres. Geography: Central Asia – Tjan-shan. Grows on stony, rubbly slopes at height of 3000 metres above see level. Forms thickets. Chemical Content No iformation about chemical composition. Continue reading Oxytropis leucocyanea→

Plant Name Onopordum acanthium Synonyms: Onopordon acanthium. Botanical Info Biennial 150 cm heigh. Geography: This plant is native to Europe and Western Asia being spread from the Iberian Peninsula to the East, to Kazakhstan, and, up North, to central Scandinavia. Continue reading Onopordum acanthium→

Plant Name Merendera robusta Bunge. Botanical Info A perennial, 12-40 cm heigh Geography: Central Asia: all regions, except Aralo-Caspian and Dzhungaro.-Tarbagatay. Grows on sandy, sandy-argillaceous hills, argillo-arenaceous and saline plains reaching elevation of 350-600 m above the sea level. Chemical Continue reading Merendera robusta→

Plant Name Mentha asiatica Boriss. Syn. Mentha longifolia var. asiatica (Boriss.) Rech. f. Botanical Info Perennial. The plant is 40-100cm heigh Geography: Central Asia, outside the former USSR – in Iran and Xinjiang. Chemical Content Chief components of the volatile Continue reading Mentha asiatica→

Plant Name Melissa officinalis L. Botanical Info Perennial herbaceous, essential oil containing plant, grows up to 70–150 cm tall. Geography: Central and Southern Europe, the Balkans, Iran, North Africa, North America, as well as the Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia. Continue reading Melissa officinalis→

Plant Name Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall. Botanical Info Annual/Biennial,120 cm heigh Geography: Continental Europe, Western and Central Asia, the Caucasus. Grows on grassy fields and roadsides avoiding acid soils. Chemical Content Herba Meliloti grass is used as a medicinal plant. Continue reading Melilotus officinalis→