Browse plain-English disease and condition guides, including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment options, prevention, and when to seek medical care.
Pandanus conoideus is a plant in the Pandanus family from New Guinea. Its fruit is eaten in Papua New Guinea and Papua, Indonesia. The fruit has several names: marita (in Papua New Guinea local language), kuansu (in...
Read articlePitanga/Surinam cherry is a shrub that has shiny, smooth, and aromatic leaves which are bright red when immature. The top of the plant is narrower in...
Read articleAbiu Fruit/Pouteria caimito, the abiu, is a tropical fruit tree that originated in the Amazonian region of South America. It grows to an average of 33 feet (10 m) high,...
Read articleThe acai palm Euterpe oleracea is a species of palm tree (Arecaceae) cultivated for its fruit (açaí berries, or simply açaí), hearts of palm (a vegetable), leaves, and trunk wood. Global demand for the...
Read articleAcerola Cherry (Malpighia emarginata) with common names Acerola, Dwarf Barbados Cherry, Barbados Cherry, Garden Cherry, Indian Cherry, Huesito, Native Cherry, Manzanita, Surinam Cherry, Puerto Rico Cherry,...
Read articleGarcinia humilis, known commonly as achachairú or achacha, is a small, prolifically-fruiting tree related to the mangosteen. It grows in the southern part of the Amazon basin in the central...
Read articleAckee scientifically known as Blighia sapida is a fruit that majorly comes from Jamaica. It is a national fruit of Jamaica and is a member of...
Read articleAcne also is known as acne vulgaris is a long-term skin disease that occurs when hair follicles are clogged with dead skin cells and oil from the skin. It is characterized by blackheads or whiteheads,...
Read articleActinidia chinensis (Planch.), known commercially as the golden kiwifruit, is a fruiting vine, native to China. It is one of some 40 related species of the genus Actinidia, and closely related...
Read articleAdonidia Palm/Adonidia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Philippines and Borneo. The genus was originally described in 1919. In 1957, it was transferred to the genus Veitchia. In 2008,...
Read articleAegle marmelos/Wood Apple is inherent to India but also found in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and other regions of the Southern part of Asia. The tree grows...
Read articleAesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree. It is also called horse-chestnut, European horse chestnut, buckeye, and conker tree. It is sometimes called Spanish chestnut....
Read articleRubus ulmifolius is a species of wild blackberry known by the English common name elm leaf blackberry or thornless blackberry and the Spanish common name zarzamora. It is native to Europe and North Africa and has also...
Read articleElm Leaf Blackberry/Rubus ulmifolius is a species of wild blackberry known by the English common name elm leaf blackberry or thornless blackberry and the Spanish common name zarzamora. It is native to Europe and North Africa and...
Read articleMorus alba, known as white mulberry, common mulberry, and silkworm mulberry, is a fast-growing, small to medium-sized mulberry tree that grows to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) tall. It is generally a short-lived...
Read articleWhite Mulberry/Morus alba, known as white mulberry, common mulberry, and silkworm mulberry, is a fast-growing, small to medium-sized mulberry tree that grows to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) tall. It is generally a...
Read articlePsidium cattleyanum (World Plants: Psidium cattleianum), commonly known as Cattley guava, strawberry guava, or cherry guava, is a small tree (2–6 m tall) in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family. The species is named in...
Read articleStrawberry guava/Psidium cattleyanum (World Plants: Psidium cattleianum), commonly known as Cattley guava, strawberry guava, or cherry guava, is a small tree (2–6 m tall) in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family. The species is named...
Read articleCanarium album is a tree species in the genus Canarium and the family Burseraceae, found in Indo-China; the Catalogue of Life does not record any sub-species. Canarium album produces a fruit commonly called Chinese olive or white...
Read articleChinese olive/Canarium album is a tree species in the genus Canarium and the family Burseraceae, found in Indo-China; the Catalogue of Life does not record any sub-species. Canarium album produces a fruit commonly called Chinese...
Read articleCallicarpa Americana, the American beautyberry, is an open-habitat, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as ornamental in gardens and yards. American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer...
Read articleFrench mulberry/Callicarpa Americana, the American beautyberry, is an open-habitat, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as ornamental in gardens and yards. American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and...
Read articleElaeagnus multiflora, the cherry Elaeagnus, cherry silverberry, goumi, gumi, or natsugumi, is a species of Elaeagnus native to China, Korea, and Japan. Elaeagnus multiflora is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 2–8 m (6 ft 7 in–26 ft 3 in) tall, with a trunk up...
Read articleGoumi Berry/Elaeagnus multiflora, the cherry Elaeagnus, cherry silverberry, goumi, gumi, or natsugumi, is a species of Elaeagnus native to China, Korea, and Japan. Elaeagnus multiflora is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 2–8 m (6 ft 7 in–26 ft 3 in) tall, with a trunk...
Read articleFragaria vesca, commonly called wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry, European strawberry, or fraisier des bois, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that...
Read articleFragaria vesca, commonly called wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry, European strawberry, or fraisier des bois, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that...
Read articleFragaria vesca, commonly called wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry, European strawberry, or fraisier des bois, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that...
Read articleMuntingia calabura/Jamaica cherry scientifically known as Muntingia calabura is a fast-growing small evergreen belonging to genus Muntingia L. (Muntingia) of the Elaeocarpaceae (Elaeocarpus family). The plant...
Read articleJamaica cherry scientifically known as Muntingia calabura is a fast-growing small evergreen belonging to genus Muntingia L. (Muntingia) of the Elaeocarpaceae (Elaeocarpus family). The plant is...
Read articleJamaica cherry scientifically known as Muntingia calabura is a fast-growing small evergreen belonging to genus Muntingia L. (Muntingia) of the Elaeocarpaceae (Elaeocarpus family). The plant is...
Read articlePrunus salicina commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum is a small deciduous tree native to China. It is now also grown in fruit orchards...
Read articleChinese Plum/Prunus salicina commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum is a small deciduous tree native to China. It is now also grown in fruit...
Read article
