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Photo credit:  candytinguban.wordpress.com Other Vernacular names: Chinese - Lin gin Dutch - Kaneelappel German - Rahmapfel Hindi - Raamaphal Japanese - Banreishi Laotian - Khieb Spanish - Anon Thai - Noina This kind of tree is small and 3 to 5 meters in height. Leaves are oblong and 8 to 15 centimeters long. Flowers occur in the axils of the leaves with a length of 2.5 centimeters. The fruit is large and heart shaped while the outside is knobby polygonal tubercles. It is yellowish – green in color when ripe. The flesh is white, juicy and sweet to taste.

Photo credit: www.kusuyama.jp This is an aromatic plant that grows up to 60 cm high. Its flowers have different colors, it has red, white, purple, yellow and other colored heads. Its leaves are ovate in form. Most people use this plant for ornamental purposes. In boiling the whole plant including its roots is good for: headache  can relieve colds and inflamed respiratory tract can use also for boils, whooping cough and rheumatism. 

Photo credit: en.wikipedia.org Celery is a garden herb. Its roots are fleshy. Celery seeds are small and ovate. The flowers are grey-white in color while the leaves are dark green and incised. The juice extracted from celery plant has many uses. It is good for pain in the abdomen, restores the normal function of the body and stimulates appetite. It also relieves gas that is generated in the stomach. It can expel worms from the body and also good for asthma, abnormal stoppage of menstruation, urinary discharges and fever with cough. Celery is an effective remedy for obesity, chronic pulmonary disease, inflamed joints and rheumatic tendencies.

Photo credit: en.wikipedia.org This kind of plant is an aromatic herb, loves to grow in moist soil and it can reach up to 30 cm in height. Consuming mint leaves is good for spasms. It can strengthen and tone in the stomach and relieves flatulence or gas generated in the intestine. Eating mint leaves is also good as stimulant. It can also treat vomiting, gallstones, disease in the uterus and throat infections. Mint tea can get rid intestinal womb and can increase milk for nursing mothers. To boil mint leaves can cure itching skin. Extract from the mint is good for toothaches.

Photo credit: www.sunfloweroileu.com The sunflower is a very common plant and, I guess, it doesn’t need a description anymore. There are so many types of sunflower where it is not only cultivated for beautification, but for medicinal purposes as well. The crushed leaves and seeds made into a poultice is used for application over bruises, ulcers and wounds. Its flowers and the dried or fresh leaves prepared as tea is for pulmonary diseases, bronchitis, asthma, coughs, dysentery and whooping cough. A drink made from the sunflower seeds can relieve headaches and also a treatment for nervous conditions.

Photo Credit: Market-Experts.Blogspot.com Soya bean is a very popular plant in some parts of the world because of its food value. This plant grows up to 2 meters high and it is also one of the best foods for malnutrition since it is high in proteins. Soya bean consumption is best recommended in diabetics and rheumatism. It is also a good substitute for meat.