PRODUCT INFO
Banana leaves are large, wide, elongated, and slightly rounded, averaging two meters in length, a half a meter in width, and 8-12 leaves per tree. The surface of the leaves are waxy, flexible, and glossy, and range in color from lime, olive green, to dark green. There is a central midrib that runs the length of the leaf and two laminas, or leaf halves are found on either side of the midrib. The leaves do not have branching veins, and this makes them vulnerable to tearing easily. Banana plants also have a pseudostem, which is a false stem that looks like a trunk but is multiple fleshy leaf sheaths that are tightly overlapped. Banana leaves have a grassy and sweet, green flavor.
USES
In addition to culinary uses, Banana leaves have also been used in the Buddhist and Hindu religion as decorations and as bowls, plates, and offerings in special religious celebrations such as marriage ceremonies. They are also used in India and the Philippines to construct fences and thatched roofs and have even been used as umbrellas.
Psyllium husk also simply called psyllium are parts of the seeds of the plant Plantago ovata of the genus Plantago which native to India but can be found elsewhere. Psyllium husks are hygroscopic, capable of absorbing fluids primarily used as bulk forming laxative and a good source of dietary fiber and used commercially to produce mucilage.
Product Name - Psyllium Husk
Specification - 40 mesh
Appearance - White Husk
Grade - Food/Pharmaceutical grade
Test methold - TLC
Extraction Type - Solvent Extraction
Fingerroot, also known as Chinese ginger, Chinese key, Chinese-keys is the low herb which creeps in soil. It has rhizomes which is thick, aromatic and yellow brown of size 5-30 x 0.5-2 cm in size. The petiole of the plant is hairless, grooved and 7-16 cm long. Leaves are lanceolate and erect in shape with pointed tip and smooth surface. The leaves have light green color of 5-11 cm wide. The flowers are pink to yellow to white which is tubular and 50-52 mm. It grows in lowland tropical regions. The flowering time occurs in January to February and April to June. It grows well in humid and hot climate. Fingerroot is native to Southeast Asia and China but also cultivated in India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.
PRODUCT INFO
Fingerroot is a medicinal as well as culinary herb also called Chinese ginger that is native to China and Southeast Asia. As the shape of rhizome resembles fingers, it has got named as fingerroot. It is known as krachai in Thai. This plant belongs to Zingiberaceae family. This plant is either perennial or biennial that has tall leaves and pink to purple flowers.
USES
Fingerroot is a vital ingredient used in many Asian countries and also used as a condiment in food. Traditionally it is used for the treatment of various illnesses as a tonic for childbirth, preventive remedy for leucorrhea and beauty aid for teenage girls. Rhizomes are used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Leaves are used for alleviating poisoning and allergies. It is also used to cure infections. The study shows that the isolated bioactive compounds found in fingerroot helps to treat various diseases. It is used to accelerate the development of stronger drugs to counteract diseases in future.
SKU: 217537123517253
Morning glory, is a hollow-stemmed semi-aquatic plant with long lance-like leaves. It's used throughout Asia but is perhaps best known by visitors to SE Asia who've seen theatrical street vendors cook it, then throw it across the street to be served up to goggled eyed and gasping tourists!
PRODUCT INFO
Chinese Morning Glory, botanically classified as Ipomoea aquatica, grow on an herbaceous, trailing vine that is found in humid, tropical lowlands and belongs to the Convolvulaceae, or morning glory family. Also known as Kangkung, Kankun, Chinese spinach, Water spinach, River spinach, and Swamp cabbage, Chinese Morning Glory are a popular leaf vegetable prized for its crunchy stems and tender leaves and can be found in most Southeast Asian cuisines.
USES
Chinese Morning Glory can be consumed raw or in cooked applications such as steaming, boiling, or stir-frying. Young shoots can be made into a salad and served with green papaya, but the fragile leaves need to be washed thoroughly before use. Chinese Morning Glory are commonly stir-fried in oil and served as a side dish or combined with other vegetables and meats to make a complete meal. They can also be used in curries, soups, and coated in a batter and fried to make a crispy appetizer. Chinese Morning Glory pair well with aromatics such as ginger, garlic, and onions, chili peppers, bay leaves, nam phrik, vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, peanut sauces, cuttlefish, and meats such as chicken, pork, and beef. They are highly perishable when fresh and will keep up to 1-2 days in the refrigerator.
SEASONS
Chinese Morning Glory is available year-round.
PRODUCT INFO
Pandan leaves are medium to large in size and are elongated, narrow, and oblong in shape. There are two distinct Pandan plant shapes. If the plant is left undisturbed and the leaves are not harvested, it will develop into a small tree with large, long, and thin green leaves that can reach up to two meters in length. If the leaves are continuously harvested, the plant will stay low to the ground forming a shrub-like appearance with smaller, narrow green leaves growing up to one meter in length. The upright green leaves taper to a point at the tip, and when attached to their stems, Pandan leaves resemble the top of a pineapple plant. Pandan leaves have a unique and distinct grassy aroma when first crushed that mellows out to a subtle, herbal, and floral aroma. When cooked, Pandan leaves have a nutty, almond, rose-like, and slightly sweet flavor. Pandan leaves are rich in essential oils, glycosides, and alkaloids, and also contain traces of tannin and isoprene esters. They are traditionally used to reduce symptoms of pain and fevers and are used as a laxative.
USES
Pandan leaves are best suited for cooked applications such as boiling, steaming, sauteing and frying. They are used in both sweet and savory dishes and are boiled, pounded, bruised, or raked to bring out the flavor. Pandan leaves are often used to wrap meats or sticky rice and are cooked to add a sweet and nutty flavor. They are also wrapped and deep fried to create a crunchy exterior. In addition to savory preparations, Pandan leaves are also used to make desserts and drinks. They can be made into a paste with the juice extracted to make the well-known chiffon cake, and they can be cooked to make Kaya, or pandan-flavored coconut egg jam, which is a traditional Pandan dish still found today in Malaysia and Singapore. Pandan leaves can also be cooked with coconut to make nasi lemak rice or are tied into knots and used for flavoring. Pandan leaves pair well with turmeric, lemongrass, brown sugar, milk, meats such as fish, chicken, beef, and pork, and rice. They will keep for a couple of days when stored unwashed, wrapped in a damp paper towel and sealed in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. Pandan leaves can also be frozen for up to two months.
Dried Spearmint / Dried Mint / Egyptian dry Spearmint
Botanical name: Mentha spicata
Family: Lamiaceae
Origin: Egypt
Dried: by Air dried
Hs Code: 12119000
Packing: 20 kg bags
Cultivation: Common
Health Benefits Of Mint Leaves:
1) Aids in Digestion
2) Treats Nausea & Headache
3) Prevents Respiratory Disorders
4) Skin Care
Brief About Spearmint and Ancient Egyptian:
Back to Nature with ancient Egyptian and Spearmint plant:
Despite the Egyptians having specialists in many problems related medical, unfortunately, they did not have dentists or oral surgeons to repair their degraded teeth and gums, as a result, many worn teeth were found in the mummies examined by the scientists and this proves abscesses even in the Egyptians youth.
Anamu is a perennial herb plant of family Phytolaccaceae Genus Petiveria and Species alliacea. It grows up to one meter in height.
It is native to the Amazon rainforest and tropical areas of Central and South America ,Africa and the Caribbean. It yields dark green color, leathery leaves that lie close to the soil. It also has tall spikes lined with small white flowers. It is sometimes called garlic weed, because the plant, and especially the roots, have a strong garlic smell.
It is called by some scientific names like P. foetida, P. graveolens, P. hexandria, P. corrientina, P. paraguayensis, Mapa graveolens.
In Brazilian herbal medicine, it is considered as diuretic, antispasmodic, menstrual promoter, sweat promoter, and stimulant.Health practitioners use it for arthritis, malaria, edema, edema, poor memory, rheumatism. They also use it as a topical analgesic and anti-inflammatory for skin conditions.
The research published on this plant reveals that it has a broad range of therapeutic properties, including anti-leukemic, anti-tumorous, and anti-cancer activities against various types of cancer cells.It was found out that water extracts and ethanol extracts of Anamu plant retard the growth of the leukemia cells and several other strains of cancerous tumor cells in an in vitro study by Italian researchers in 1990.
Anamu extracts were resistant to a number of bacterial and fungal strains.
Two of the phytochemical compounds in the anamu plant dibenzyl trisulphate and astilbin are believed to destroy cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed.
Taditional use of anamu as a treatment for cold and flu symptoms
Its extracts can even relieve pain and inflammation when applied to the skin.
Natural choice for people suffering from arthritis and rheumatism
One study showed that blood sugar dropped by as much as 60%.
Rosemary leaves
Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen shrub with leaves similar to hemlock needles. It is native to the Mediterranean regions
but is reasonably hardy in cool climates. Special cultivars like 'Arp' can withstand winter temperatures down to about â??20 �°C (â??4 �°F).
It can withstand droughts, surviving a severe lack of water for lengthy periods.
It is considered a potentially invasive species and its seeds are often difficult to start, with a low germination rate and relatively slow growth, but the plant can live as long as 35 years.
The plant flowers in spring and summer in temperate climates, but the plants can be in constant bloom in warm climates; flowers are white, pink, purple or deep blue.
Rosemary also has a tendency to flower outside its normal flowering season; it has been known to flower as late as early December, and as early as mid-February (in the northern hemisphere)
History
Illustration from an Italian herbal, circa 1500
The first mention of rosemary is found on cuneiform stone tablets as early as 5000 BCE, after which Egyptians used it for embalming corpses starting in 3500 BCE. There is no further mention of rosemary until the ancient Greeks and Romans. Pliny the Elder (23â??79 CE) wrote about it in The Natural History,[20] as did Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40 CE to c. 90 CE), a Greek botanist (amongst other things). He talked about rosemary in his most famous writing, De Materia Medica, one of the most influential herbal books in history.
The herb later made its way east to China and was naturalized there as early as 220 CE, during the late Han dynasty.
FOR MORE INFO & ORDER CONTACT THE SPECIALIST NOW (24/7)
Nigella Sativa seeds / Egyptian Black Cumin seeds
Family: Ranunculaceae
Botanical name: Nigella Sativa
Origin: Egypt
Packing: 25 kg bags
Hs Code: 12079900
Common names: Black Cumin l Habbatussauda l Nigella Sativa l Nigella Herb l Nigella Sativa Plant l Black Cumin seeds
Ancient Egyptian and Nigella Sativa:
Ancient Egyptians were among the first who use Nigella sativa. They used its oil to nourish the skin.
Besides bulk Nigella Sativa is used to improve digestion and as a cure for many problems and diseases.
Ancient Egyptians were the first to use Nigella Sativa's black seeds as a spice as it was an important component in many dishes.
Pharaoh's main doctor always had in his bag a bowl of Black Seeds handy as he used them in curing many diseases such as colds, toothache, headaches, and many infections.
Archaeologists have found a bottle of this ancient medicine in preparation for life after death at Tutankhamun's grave.
Black cumin is called Habbatul barakah in Arabic culture since 3300 years ago. That means seeds of blessing. Prophet Muhammad also advised to use of Black cumin; he said that it is a medicine for all illnesses except death.
