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Tag: Plant Family: Solanaceae

Goji Berry

Scientific Name: Lycium barbarum Lycium is used in traditional medicine to treat inflammation, skin irritation, and nose bleeds.

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Tagged as:Plant Family: Solanaceae Type: Perrenial

Tobacco

Scientific Name: Nicotina tabacum This is cultivated tobacco and source of nicotine. Medicinally, it is used as a sedative, diuretic, expectorant, and sialagogue.

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Tagged as:Plant Family: Solanaceae Summer Location: Bed 12 Type: Annual

Black Datura

Scientific Name: Datura Metal All parts of Datura plants contain dangerous levels of highly poisonous tropane alkaloids and may be fatal if ingested.

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Tagged as:Plant Family: Solanaceae Summer Location: Bed 12 Type: Annual

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