Flora and Fauna
- 4263
- Phyllanthus niruri: Chanca Peidra
- Description and several photographs of this annual herb, with information on its herbal properties, uses in traditional medicine, the chemicals it contains, its biological activities, clinical research and its current uses.
- 4265
- Commercial Timbers: Pera glabrata
- Characteristics of this valuable timber tree from Central and South America.
- 4268
- Omphalea hypoleuca
- Description of this tree, endemic to Cuba, with photographs of its leaves, flowers and bark.
- 4269
- Mercurialis perennis
- Photographs of male and female flowers of Dog's Mercury and some identifying features of the plant.
- 4272
- Jatropha curcas
- Offers information on this plant, its uses, folk remedies, description, toxicity, germplasm, cultivation and yield.
- 4276
- Jatropha macrantha: Huanarpo-macho
- Description and several photographs of this tree, with in depth information on its herbal properties, tribal uses, the chemicals it contains, its biological activities, clinical research and its current uses.
- 4278
- Hevea brasiliensis
- Information on the Rubber Tree, the source of almost all the world’s rubber, with photographs of the tree, its flower, fruit and foliage, and the collection and processing of the latex.