Electronic herbarium Plants of Madunice

The dog rose - Rosa canina Occurance: it grows in groves, roadsides, among bushes, close to the fences Uses: the fruit – the treatment of diabetes and dysuria Harvest time: September - October

Scots pine - Pinus sylvestris Occurance: from the wetlands to the sands Uses: the treatment of the respiratory tract disorders Harvest time: May/July

Common dandelion - Taraxacum officinale Occurance: as a weed in the gardens, on the yards and fields Uses: It supports digestion, cleans the stomach (the laxative), helps in the rheumatoid arthritis Harvest time: The leaves – in Spring The roots – in Autumn

Wintercreeper - Euonymus fortunei Occurance: front gardens, roadsides Usus: ornamental plant Harvest time: May - June

Fall aster – Aster novi-belgii Occurance: at the periphery of the patches, in plantations Usus: ornamental plant

Common chicory - Cichorium intybus Occurance: roadsides, meadows and pastures Usus: it supports digestion, helps in liver diseases Harvest time: September - November

Common yarrow - Achillea millefolium “Long mouse´s tail “ Occurance: on the dry meadows and roadsides Usus: It supports digestion and regulates hemopoesis Harvest time: The leaves – early in Spring The flowers – from June to October

Spiny plumeless thistle - Carduus acanthoides Occurance: on the pastures, building rubbish and roadsides Usus: antiseptic effect, treatment of allergy Harvest time: June - October

Wild radish - Raphanus raphanistrum Occurance: on the fields, in the gardens Usus: leaves – vegetable seeds – oil, mustard Harvest time: Spring - Autumn

Common soapwort– Saponaria officinalis Occurance: kyt: on the marshes, trenches and at the periphery of the forests Usus: It helps to release sputum Harvest time: the roots -October/November the leaves – June/July

Norway spruce – Picea abies Occurance: clayey and sandy soils Usus: in construction, in paper, matches and furniture - making and as a Christmas tree Harvest time: shoots – May

Black pine - Pinus nigra Occurance: predominantly calcareous soil, in the front gardens, also windy and dry areas Usus: in furniture-making and as a Christmas tree

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