Home›Flowering Plants›Relationship to People›Used in Traditional MedicineBrowse ByUsed in Traditional MedicineRelationship to people describes how a species interacts with human life, whether it has been domesticated, is farmed or commercially raised, is kept as a pet, is hunted or fished, acts as an agricultural or structural pest, carries disease as a vector, has become invasive outside its native range once introduced, or has no significant recorded interaction with people at all.FactsUsed in Traditional MedicineSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedSeed-Bearing 1Used in Traditional MedicineFilter Results124 entriesCommon GroupAllAsters And Composites (Asterales) (16)Buttercups And Relatives (Ranunculales) (6)Cabbages And Mustards (Brassicales) (2)Carnations And Cacti (Caryophyllales) (11)Citrus And Mahogany Relatives (Sapindales) (6)Coffees, Dogbanes And Milkweeds (Gentianales) (5)Grasses And Sedges (Poales) (4)Heaths, Camellias And Primroses (Ericales) (3)Legumes (Fabales) (3)Lilies And Orchids (Liliales/Asparagales) (11)Mallows, Cottons And Baobabs (Malvales) (5)Mints, Nightshades And Allies (Lamiales/Solanales) (15)Myrtles And Eucalypts (Myrtales) (2)Other Flowering Plant Orders (15)Palms, Bananas And Gingers (Arecales/Zingiberales) (2)Parsleys And Ivies (Apiales) (2)Roses And Relatives (Rosales) (9)Spurges And Willows (Malpighiales) (7)Everyday GroupAllAsters And Composites (Asterales) (16)Buttercups And Relatives (Ranunculales) (6)Cabbages And Mustards (Brassicales) (2)Carnations And Cacti (Caryophyllales) (11)Citrus And Mahogany Relatives (Sapindales) (6)Coffees, Dogbanes And Milkweeds (Gentianales) (5)Grasses And Sedges (Poales) (4)Heaths, Camellias And Primroses (Ericales) (3)Legumes (Fabales) (3)Lilies And Orchids (Liliales/Asparagales) (11)Mallows, Cottons And Baobabs (Malvales) (5)Mints, Nightshades And Allies (Lamiales/Solanales) (15)Myrtles And Eucalypts (Myrtales) (2)Other Flowering Plant Orders (15)Palms, Bananas And Gingers (Arecales/Zingiberales) (2)Parsleys And Ivies (Apiales) (2)Roses And Relatives (Rosales) (9)Spurges And Willows (Malpighiales) (7)HabitatAllAlpine (1)Bog (3)Boreal Forest (1)Chaparral (3)Cloud Forest (1)Desert (5)Fen (2)Freshwater (1)Freshwater Marsh (2)Freshwater Swamp Forest (2)Grassland (15)Lake (3)Marine (1)Montane Grasslands and Shrublands (3)Riparian Zone (3)River (10)Salt Marsh (3)Savanna (6)Steppe (3)Temperate Forest (10)Tropical Dry Forest (5)Tropical Rainforest (8)Wetlands (2)Xeric Shrubland (1)Where It LivesAllAfghanistan (18)Africa (8)Albania (32)Algeria (35)Angola (9)Australia (28)Austria (53)Bahamas (8)Bangladesh (34)Belarus (31)Belgium (54)Belize (7)Benin (7)Bolivia (13)Botswana (8)Brazil (36)Bulgaria (35)Cambodia (13)Cameroon (12)Canada (17)Central African Republic (10)Chad (9)China (6)Colombia (29)Comoros (13)Costa Rica (18)Croatia (9)Cuba (22)Cyprus (20)Czechia (13)Democratic Republic of the Congo (6)Denmark (50)Dominican Republic (16)Ecuador (20)Egypt (9)El Salvador (12)Eritrea (10)Estonia (12)Ethiopia (13)Fiji (8)Finland (35)France (63)Gabon (7)Gambia (6)Georgia (18)Germany (55)Ghana (6)Greece (33)Guatemala (13)Guinea (13)Haiti (17)Honduras (14)Hungary (34)Iceland (21)India (47)Iran (31)Iraq (17)Ireland (37)Italy (51)Jamaica (13)Japan (21)Kazakhstan (23)Kenya (8)Laos (16)Libya (15)Madagascar (10)Manchuria (15)Mauritius (8)Mongolia (15)Morocco (25)Mozambique (7)Myanmar (27)Nepal (16)Netherlands (34)Nicaragua (8)Nigeria (7)North America (67)Norway (50)Pakistan (24)Palestine (13)Peru (7)Philippines (12)Poland (35)Portugal (30)Romania (34)Seychelles (13)South Africa (7)Spain (47)Sri Lanka (15)Sweden (37)Switzerland (36)Taiwan (22)Tanzania (6)Thailand (15)Tunisia (13)Ukraine (27)United States (25)Uzbekistan (9)Vietnam (20)Yemen (6)Showing the 100 most common of 182 options.Conservation StatusAllData Deficient (2)Endangered (1)Least Concern (51)Near Threatened (3)Not Evaluated (53)Vulnerable (4)DietAllCarnivore (3)Insectivore (1)Parasitic (2)Photosynthetic Autotroph (117)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (7)Marine (9)Terrestrial (107)Terrestrial and Freshwater (3)Living or ExtinctAllYes (124)ThreatsAllBiological Resource Use (1)Pollution (1)CITES AppendixAllAppendix I (1)Appendix II (10)Not Listed (102)NatureServe RankAllG4 Apparently Secure (3)G5 Secure (32)GNR Unranked (37)GU Unrankable (2)EcosystemAllAmazon Rainforest (2)Caspian Sea (3)Danube Delta (1)Doñana (1)Fynbos (2)Heath (3)Mediterranean Basin (5)Mojave Desert (1)Sahel (2)Sonoran Desert (1)Sumatran Lowland Rainforest (1)Wadden Sea (1)TaxonomyAllAchillea (2)Alismatales (1)Aloe (4)Amaranthaceae (1)Anacardiaceae (1)Apiaceae (2)Araceae (1)Arecaceae (1)Asparagaceae (1)Asparagales (3)Asteraceae (11)Asterales (1)Bambusa (1)Bellis (2)Brassicaceae (2)Cactaceae (3)Caryophyllaceae (1)Cinchona (1)Cyperaceae (1)Dioscoreales (1)Dipsacales (1)Drosera (1)Ericaceae (1)Euphorbiaceae (1)Fabaceae (2)Fagaceae (2)Gentianales (1)Lamiaceae (7)Lathyrus (1)Liliales (1)Magnoliophyta (1)Magnoliopsida (22)Malvaceae (4)Malvales (1)Moraceae (3)Myrtaceae (1)Nepenthes (1)Nymphaeales (2)Plantae (14)Poaceae (2)Polygonaceae (2)Ranunculaceae (3)Ranunculales (1)Rosaceae (2)Rosales (1)Rutaceae (1)Sapindaceae (2)Solanaceae (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Achillea millefoliumUsed in Traditional MedicineAesculus hippocastanumUsed in Traditional MedicineAfrican BaobabUsed in Traditional MedicineAgave parryiUsed in Traditional MedicineAlcea roseaUsed in Traditional MedicineAlisma plantago-aquaticaUsed in Traditional MedicineAllium fistulosumUsed in Traditional MedicineAloe macrocladaUsed in Traditional MedicineAloe maculataUsed in Traditional MedicineAloe perryiUsed in Traditional MedicineAloe succotrinaUsed in Traditional MedicineAlstonia scholarisUsed in Traditional MedicineAnthemis arvensisUsed in Traditional MedicineArctium minusUsed in Traditional MedicineAristolochia grandifloraUsed in Traditional MedicineArmeria maritimaUsed in Traditional MedicineArtemisia absinthiumUsed in Traditional MedicineArtemisia herba-albaUsed in Traditional MedicineArtemisia maritimaUsed in Traditional MedicineArtemisia vulgarisUsed in Traditional MedicineAsclepias eriocarpaUsed in Traditional MedicineBambusa ventricosaUsed in Traditional MedicineBanyanUsed in Traditional MedicineBaobabUsed in Traditional MedicineBasil (Ocimum basilicum)Used in Traditional MedicineBat FlowerUsed in Traditional MedicineBellis perennisUsed in Traditional MedicineBistorta officinalisUsed in Traditional MedicineBrazil nutUsed in Traditional MedicineBreadfruitUsed in Traditional MedicineBuchanania lanzanUsed in Traditional MedicineBuxus sempervirensUsed in Traditional MedicineCampanula rotundifoliaUsed in Traditional MedicineCanarium luzonicumUsed in Traditional MedicineCannabis (Cannabis sativa)Used in Traditional MedicineCarawayUsed in Traditional MedicineCardamine pratensisUsed in Traditional MedicineCentury PlantUsed in Traditional MedicineChionanthus virginicusUsed in Traditional MedicineCloveUsed in Traditional MedicineCoconut PalmUsed in Traditional MedicineCommon ButterwortUsed in Traditional MedicineCommon DaisyUsed in Traditional MedicineCommon YarrowUsed in Traditional MedicineCyperus alternifoliusUsed in Traditional MedicineDalbergia melanoxylonUsed in Traditional MedicineDendrocalamus giganteusUsed in Traditional MedicineDillUsed in Traditional MedicineDipterocarpus alatusUsed in Traditional MedicineDracaena reflexaUsed in Traditional MedicineShowing 1 to 50 of 124, page 1 of 3.123Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Flowering planttier 2WikipediaFlowering plant, lead section, etymology sentenceQuote, Flowering plant, lead section, etymology sentencethe seeds are enclosed within a fruitView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.