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Ageratum conyzoides

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Ageratum conyzoides is an annual erect herb that sometimes is decumbent and rooting at the base. The juice of the fresh plant, or an extract of the dried plant, is used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, post-partum uterine haemorrhage and also used to treat cuts, wounds and bruises.

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Aegle marmelos

Image of Aegle marmelosBael (Aegle marmelos) is a middle sized slender aromatic armed tree. It is a fruit-bearing tree. The unripe bael is most prized as a means of halting diarrhea and dysentery, which are prevalent in India in the summer months. The seeds, a bitter- light-yellow oil extracted, is given in 1.5 g doses as a purgative.

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House plant - Sedeveria

Image of House plant - SedeveriaSedeveria 'Darley Dale': Small pale green rosettes to 6cm offset freely to form a dense mound. Relatively large apricot flowers on short stems.

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Sweetly scented Stapelia

Image of Sweetly scented StapeliaThe genus Stapelia consists of low growing, spineless, stem succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa. Their flowers of certain species, most notably Stapelia gigantea, can reach 41 cm (16 inches) in diameter when fully open. Most Stapelia flowers are visibly hairy.

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Senecio - A very common houseplant

Image of Senecio - A very common houseplantThe flower heads of Senecio are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters. It is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Senecio species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species.

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Sedum used as food plant

Image of Sedum as food plantSedum is the large stonecrop genus of leaf succulents, found throughout the northern hemisphere, varying from annual and creeping herbs to shrubs. Their plants have water-storing leaves. The flowers usually have five petals, seldom four or six.

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Hen and chicks are popular garden flower

Image of Hen and chicks are popular garden flowerHen and chicks is a common name for a group of small succulents belonging to the flowering plant family Crassulaceae. It is native to Europe and northern Africa. They grow close to the ground with leaves formed around each other in a rosette, and propagating by offsets.

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Jade plant - The Money Plant

Image of Jade plant - A succulent houseplantJade plant (Crassula ovata) is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers. It is native to South Africa.  Jade plant is common as a houseplant worldwide. It is sometimes referred to as the Friendship tree, Lucky plant or Money Plant. Jades are evergreen plants with thick branches and smooth, rounded, fleshy leaves that grow in opposing pairs along the branches.

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Aloe is grown everywhere

Image of Aloe - An easy houseplantAloe is a genus containing about four hundred species of flowering succulent plants. The genus is native to Africa. Aloe is a beautiful houseplant. Aloe is grown everywhere. Most Aloe species have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves. Their leaves are often lance-shaped with a sharp apex and a spiny margin.

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Agave - A succulent plant

Image of Agave - A succulent plantAgave is a succulent plant. They have a large rosette of thick fleshy leaves, each ending generally in a sharp point and with a spiny margin; the stout stem is usually short, their leaves apparently springing from the root.

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Ornamental plants - Cacti

Image of Cacti - A crop plantA cactus (plural: cacti) is any member of the plant, native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also crop plants. It unusual and distinctive plants, which are adapted to extremely arid and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water.

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