Bananas turned out to have very many benefits and this also applies to banana leaves, the leaf that we know is mainly used as wrapping for food that was sold. But they turned out to have another benefit. The benefits of this banana leaves include as food wrapping, accessories and also as a drug. In […]
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Basil (Ocimum basilicum) is also known as great basil or Saint-Joseph’s-wort. Others, on the other hand, know it as the king of herbs, as it comes from Greek words with literal meaning of “royal plant”. Basil has been cultivated in India for more than 5,000 years. It does have several varieties, such as sweet basil or Genovese basil […]
When we were a child, our mother must have tried their best to manipulate us to eat the green crunchy stuff in your plate called vegetables. It’s like worldwide phenomenon that all children hate vegetables. However, when we’re getting older, we start to realize that mothers always tell truth that vegetables are good to us. […]
Kaffir lime leaves has been good known by their typical smell, often are used as additional ingredients or natural preservative in most of Asian food. Kaffir lime leaves come from kaffir lime tree, which has average tall with thin branches. The leaves are light green with oval round. You may plant kaffir lime everywhere in […]
Carrot leaves, contrary to what most people believe, are actually edible. We can easily find carrot greens, another name for carrot leaves, atop of carrot plants. Carrot leaves are easily identified by their lacy and feathery shapes, with jagged sides. They taste somewhat in the mix of bitter and sweet, with grassy texture as well […]
Still in the theme of health benefits, now we will discuss about gynura leaves. Do you know something about this gynura leaves? In Indonesia, this leaves called as “Daun Dewa” or in latin gynura divaricata. Gynura leaves is a kind of herbal plant that can grow in the high 200 until 800 mdpl. This plant […]
Not many people know that the leaves of some fruit plants can be used as herbal tea. Even more so with the leaves of avocado plants. People nowadays only see avocados in supermarket, rarely do they see the plants that produced the fruits, which is why most people are unaware of the potentials and health […]
Strawberry plants are amazing. Not only do they make such beautiful decorations for our gardens, most part of the plants have their various uses, including strawberry leaves. We might have already known a thing or two about strawberries. Unless we’ve been living under rocks this whole time, we could probably come into consensus that the […]
Apple leaves are rich in many nutritious fibers, a moderate-sized apple leaves approximately has 6 grams of fiber. The fiber is categorized as a dissolved, ferment able and slimy fiber, a mixed that gives it a large list of health benefits. Below are some of the health benefits of apple leaves. You may also read […]
Oregano leaves is best known in its dried form and widely used as ingredients in Mediterranean’s cuisine recipe, though there are several Mexican’s, Italian’s and Spanish’s recipes are also using dried oregano. It is due to its aromatic flavor that added warm and balsamic flavor to the food that makes dried oregano leaves is so […]