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		<title>The &#8220;Healthy&#8221; Tequila Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBC News Tequila has been called Mexico&#8217;s contribution to the world of alcoholic beverages. But the drink&#8217;s key ingredient might also provide a health-care breakthrough. Mexican researchers believe the blue agave plant that produces tequila also contains compounds that could deliver drugs to the colon, making it possible to treat everything from colon cancer to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ENTADA RHEEDII</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENTADA RHEEDII FAMILY :: FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE) Liane staub, liane sabre, m&#8217;fure m&#8217;fure, Sea Bean, African Dream Herb: A very large liana growing to more than 100 meters long bearing large, woody seedpods up to 2 meters long with a number of large, dark brown, 10 cm diameter seeds inside. These seeds have an air pocket [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JUSTICIA PECTORALIS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUSTICIA PECTORALIS FAMILY :: ACANTHACEAE A tender, aromatic, spreading ground cover to 2-3&#8242; tall from the upper Amazon. Normally grows along sandy stream banks in rich soil. As curia, it is an aromatic additive to a Venezuelan lickable tobacco preparation called chim&#243;. In Central America and the Carribean Islands, it is dried and snuffed or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JUSTICIA PECTORALIS v. stenophylla</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUSTICIA PECTORALIS v. stenophylla FAMILY :: ACANTHACEAE A lower growing, yellowish-green leafed variety of the previous listing, this one with the flavor of vanilla and anise. An admixture to Amazonian epen&#225; snuffs by the Waik&#225; Indians. This variety is a bit more difficult to grow than the previous. Very tender.]]></description>
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		<title>ALTERNANTERA LEHMANNII</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALTERNANTERA LEHMANNII FAMILY :: AMARANTHACEAE PICURULLANA-QUINA: An easy to grow (though tender to frost) tropical Ayahuasca admixture of the Ingano tribe of Colombia. It is a small shrub to 2 or 3&#8242; tall with reddish/green leaves (red on the bottom and green on top) and red stems with &#188;&#8221; white, star-ball like flowers.]]></description>
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		<title>RHUS DIVERSILOBA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RHUS DIVERSILOBA FAMILY :: ANACARDIACEAE POISON OAK: A very pretty shrub or vine with shiny dark green, leathery leaves turning bright red in the fall. Reputed to be a stimulant, but I haven&#8217;t tried it. Foliage is very poisonous to the touch for many people. The smoke from burning poison oak can cause blindness or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS FAMILY :: APOCYNACEAE MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE: Easily grown, tender tropical ground cover with 1&#189;&#8221; white to rosy flowers and dark green, glossy leaves. Containing more than 70 alkaloids, this plant is the subject of investigation in the treatment of cancer, leukemia, diabetes and Hodgkin&#8217;s disease. Grow in part shade and moist, rich soil.]]></description>
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		<title>TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA FAMILY :: APOCYNACEAE BUTTERFLY GARDENIA, TAGAR: Tropical shrub to 2-4&#8242; with glossy green leaves and evening-scented white flowers. The bitter roots are used medicinally in Ayurvedic medicine and for their ibogoid alkaloids. In traditional Thai medicine, extracts of this plant are used as sedatives and analgesics. May be grown as a house plant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TABERNANTHE IBOGA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TABERNANTHE IBOGA FAMILY :: APOCYNACEAE IBOGA: A tropical shrub with panicles of small white/yellow/pink flowers from the West African rain forests. The yellow roots contain a number of indole alkaloids, the most active of which is probably ibogaine, which is found in the highest concentration in the root-bark. The root material, bitter in taste, causes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ILEX GUAYUSA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ILEX GUAYUSA FAMILY :: AQUIFOLIACEAE GUAYUSA: A strong stimulant with a high percentage of caffeine (up to 2%). Guayusa is possibly contains the highest percentage of caffeine of any plant. The leaves are often boiled for use more than one time because of this high caffeine content. It is said that drinking Guayusa tea may [...]]]></description>
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