© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 20010914D7297.jpg
Species:
Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M. Sm. 1986
Common: Torch Ginger, Bunga Kantan (Malay), Giant Turmeric,
Syn.: Alpinia elatior Jack, Alpinia magnifica Roscoe, Amomum magnificum ined., Elettaria speciosa Blume, N...
Range: Indonesia; widely cultivated in the tropics
Tax.: ZINGIBERACEAE > Zingiberiales > Zingiberidae > Monocotyledoneae > Angiospermae > Sper...
Note: F. Like other gingers, it is widely used as a folk remedy for a number of ailments. Bunga Kantan is...
KW: tropical plants, Flowers of Maui, medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, tropical crops
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 20010914D7298.jpg
Species:
Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M. Sm. 1986
Common: Torch Ginger, Bunga Kantan (Malay), Giant Turmeric,
Syn.: Phaeomeria magnifica (Roscoe) K.Schum., Phaeomeria speciosa (Blume) Koord., Alpinia elatior Jack, A...
Range: Indonesia; widely cultivated in the tropics
Tax.: ZINGIBERACEAE > Zingiberiales > Zingiberidae > Monocotyledoneae > Angiospermae > Sper...
Note: F. Like other gingers, it is widely used as a folk remedy for a number of ailments. Bunga Kantan is...
KW: tropical plants, Flowers of Maui, medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, tropical crops
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_07_25_JDd_0168.jpg
Species:
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
Common: Common Boneset, Feverwort, Thoroughwort, Agueweed, Crosswort, Indian sage, Sweating Plant, Vegetable...
Syn.: none listed
Range: Eastern North America; found in swampy areas and along streams
Tax.: ASTERACEAE > Asterales > Asteridae > Dicotyledoneae (=Magnoliopsida)
Note: F. Native Americans taught this remedy to early pioneers for colds and flus that "settled in t...
KW: Michigan wildflowers
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 199809190216.tif
Species:
Gentianopsis holopetala (Gray) Iltis
Common: Sierra fringed Gentian
Syn.: Gentiana holopetala (Gray) Holm; Gentianella detonsa (Rottb.) G. Don ssp. holopetala (Gray) J. Gill...
Range: Sierra Nevada
Tax.: Gentianaceae > Gentianales > Asteridae
Note: F. Gentian species in Europe have been used to treat digestive problems, such as an upset stomach, ...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of North America, trees
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0039.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. These deciduous trees have two “sexes”. The female trees are pointed and pyramid-shaped whereas...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0040.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. These deciduous trees have two “sexes”. The female trees are pointed and pyramid-shaped whereas...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0001.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. These deciduous trees have two “sexes”. The female trees are pointed and pyramid-shaped whereas...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0007.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. Chinese medicine has used the seeds and leaves of the ginkgo tree to treat a variety of ailments...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0016.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. Alzheimer’s & Mental Function: Many studies demonstrate that ginkgo extract facilitates bett...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0024.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. Antioxidant effects: A great deal of research suggests that antioxidants such as GBE may play i...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0026.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. Antioxidant effects: A great deal of research suggests that antioxidants such as GBE may play i...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0029.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. The leaves are fan-shaped and divided into two “lobes." During the autumn, the leaves turn...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_10_30_JD_0030.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: native to China; cultivated worldwide
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. The leaves are fan-shaped and divided into two “lobes." During the autumn, the leaves turn...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_02_01_10.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: China: extinct in wild, but widely cultivated
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. The leaves are fan-shaped and divided into two “lobes." During the autumn, the leaves turn...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_02_01_02.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: China: extinct in wild, but widely cultivated
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. The leaves are fan-shaped and divided into two “lobes." During the autumn, the leaves turn...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2004_10_14_JD_1017.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: none
Range: China: extinct in wild, but widely cultivated
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. So taxonomically primitive that it falls outside the traditional tree classification system of A...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, plants, ornamental landscape trees of Michigan United States, fall...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2004_10_14_JD_1018.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: none
Range: China: extinct in wild, but widely cultivated
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. So taxonomically primitive that it falls outside the traditional tree classification system of A...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, plants, ornamental landscape trees of Michigan United States, fall...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2004_10_14_JD_1019.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: none
Range: China: extinct in wild, but widely cultivated
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. So taxonomically primitive that it falls outside the traditional tree classification system of A...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, plants, ornamental landscape trees of Michigan United States, fall...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2004_10_14_JD_1020.tif
Species:
Gingko biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: none
Range: China: extinct in wild, but widely cultivated
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. So taxonomically primitive that it falls outside the traditional tree classification system of A...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, plants, ornamental landscape trees of Michigan United States, fall...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_07_20_JD_0134.jpg
Species:
Ginkgo biloba
Common: Ginkgo, Kew tree, Maidenhair tree, Bai Guo (Chinese).
Syn.: n/a
Range: China (extinct in wild); widely cultivated
Tax.: Ginkgoaceae > Ginkgoales > Ginkgoopsida > Ginkgophyta
Note: F. Impotency: Another use for ginkgo biloba is in the treatment of impotency. The main cause of mal...
KW: medicinal or ethnobotanical uses, native plants of China, ornamental trees, extinct in the wild, cap...
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_05_10_JD_4339.JPG
Species:
Hepatica nobilis Schreb. var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyermark
Common: Noble Liverwort, Roundlobe hepatica, American liverwort
Syn.: Anemone americana (DC.) Hara; Anemone hepatica L.; Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker-Gawl.; Hepatica he...
Range: Eastern North America
Tax.: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family) > Ranunculales > Polycarpicae (=Magnoliidae =Magnoliophyta)
Note: F. Liverwort was so named because its leaves have a three lobe design just like a liver. Early herb...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_05_10_JD_4341.JPG
Species:
Hepatica nobilis Schreb. var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyermark
Common: Noble Liverwort, Roundlobe hepatica, American liverwort
Syn.: Anemone americana (DC.) Hara; Anemone hepatica L.; Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker-Gawl.; Hepatica he...
Range: Eastern North America
Tax.: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family) > Ranunculales > Polycarpicae (=Magnoliidae =Magnoliophyta)
Note: F. Liverwort was so named because its leaves have a three lobe design just like a liver. Early herb...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_05_10_JD_4343.JPG
Species:
Hepatica nobilis Schreb. var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyermark
Common: Noble Liverwort, Roundlobe hepatica, American liverwort
Syn.: Anemone americana (DC.) Hara; Anemone hepatica L.; Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker-Gawl.; Hepatica he...
Range: Eastern North America
Tax.: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family) > Ranunculales > Polycarpicae (=Magnoliidae =Magnoliophyta)
Note: F. Liverwort was so named because its leaves have a three lobe design just like a liver. Early herb...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers
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© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 2003_05_11_JD_4266.TIF
Species:
Hepatica nobilis Schreb. var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyermark
Common: Noble Liverwort, Roundlobe hepatica, American liverwort
Syn.: Anemone americana (DC.) Hara; Anemone hepatica L.; Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker-Gawl.; Hepatica he...
Range: Eastern North America
Tax.: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family) > Ranunculales > Polycarpicae (=Magnoliidae =Magnoliophyta)
Note: F. Liverwort was so named because its leaves have a three lobe design just like a liver. Early herb...
KW: native American medicinal plants, wildflowers of Michigan, native North American plants flowers
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