MFO Park, Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich – Switzerland
Aralicaceae, Cussonia spicata, Africa – Soutehrn Cape, Mosambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Nambia, etc.
Click on the following link for useful info on Cussonia spicata.
Paeoniaceae, Paeonia lutea, Tibetan peony
Solanaceae, Iochroma umbellata – Peru
Click the following link for a list of all links on this site related to the family Solanaceae.
Links to two other species of Iochroma, specifically.
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Ephedraceae, Ephedra andina, canotu, pingo-pingo – South America
This South American bush is called pingo-pingo, which literally means “tubes”. It is also known as canotu (which means “joint” or “hashish cigarette”), solupe, and transmontaga. In Chilean folklore the plant is a symbol for “he-men” and heartbreakers, probably due to its aphrodisiac effects. The plant is used in folk medicine to treat bronchitis, asthma, and whooping cough (Mosbach 1992). In contrast to other species of Ephedra it does not contain any ephedrine although vicenine – I and – II as well as flavones and camphor oil have been demonstrated to be present.
