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There are between 2500-3200 species of Astragalus in the world. Why is it we only use two of them?

Astragalus mongholicus syn. A. membranaceus (huang qi)
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Astragalus gummifer (gum tragacanth)

#materiamedica #herbalmedicine #plantid #economicbotany

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Huge thanks to RHUL Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Diego Molina and Dr Caroline Cornish and Gayathri Anand from @kewgardens.bsky.social for making this visit possible! #KewScienceCollections #Herbarium #EconomicBotany #Museums #Botany

Colloquium on African Ethnobotany flyer with talk titles and presentor pictures.

What a wonderful way to be reintroduced to South African #botany and #biodiversity! Everyone did an amazing job! #Botany2024 #SouthAfrica #RainbowNation #Ethnobotany #EconomicBotany

Photo of a cup of tea. The porcelain teacup and saucer have a floral pattern. A silver spoon rests on the saucer.

Happy International Tea Day! Raise your teacup to the plant that gives us this divine infusion, Camellia sinensis. #Theaceae Photo by Masahide Kanzaki CC BY 2.0 #Botany #EconomicBotany

A phylogeny of selected families in the order Caryophyllales. Species used medicinally for treating infections and infestations are mapped onto the tree, and nodes where medicinal use is over or under distributed are indicated. In concentric rings around the phylogeny, world regions where species are used medicinally are shown.

Traditional medicinal use is linked with apparency, not specialized metabolite profiles in the order #Caryophyllales

By Alex Crum, Lisa Philander, Lucas Busta & Ya Yang

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #economicbotany #phylogenetics #medicinalplants

Photo of a package of dried fruits. The package has a clear portion showing the contents and a label written in Chinese.

Rhamnaceae are used by humans in various ways around the world. Ziziphus jujuba might be the most commercially important member of the family. Its fruits are sweet & edible. Dried fruits are sold as “red dates” in some markets. #EconomicBotany #Rhamnaceae #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪

A black wood cabinet standing on tall legs. Every surface of the cabinet is intricately carved.

Ebony wood is the valuable, hard, black, heartwood of several species of Diospyros, incl. D. ebenum (Ceylon ebony). Overharvesting has depleted natural stocks. Here’s a fine example of a carved, 17th Century, French cabinet, from the V&A Museum. #Ebenaceae #EconomicBotany #Botany #PlantScience 🌾