Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
311 Beggar's Tick Leaf Food In sub-Saharan Africa, the fresh or dried tender shoots and young leaves are used as a leaf vegetable especially in times of food scarcity. It is an ingredient of sauces accompanying the staple food. 7,451
312 Beggar's Tick Leaf Medicinal Bidens pilosa is used as a medicinal plant in many regions of Africa, Asia and tropical America. Roots, leaves and seed have been reported to possess antibacterial, antidysenteric, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antimalarial, diuretic, hepato-protective and hypotensive activities. 7,451
313 Beggar's Tick Whole Industrial In Nanyuki, Kenya, Bidens pilosa is collected for the extraction of natural dyes. 7,451
314 Beggar's Tick Whole Feed (Forage/Fodder) Livestock browses on the plants and in South Africa Bidens pilosa has been used as a fodder for pigs. 7,451
315 Brown Radiant Knapweed Whole Ornamental Centaurea jacea has been grown both as an ornamental garden plant and as a crop. 7,461
316 Feverfew Flower Beverages A tea is made from the dried flowers. 7,462
317 Feverfew Flower Food The dried flowers are used as a flavouring in cooking certain pastries. The plant is used in cooking to impart a deliciously aromatic bitter taste to certain foods. 7,462
318 Feverfew Whole Medicinal Feverfew has gained a good reputation as a medicinal herb and extensive research since 1970 has proved it to be of special benefit in the treatment of certain types of migraine headaches and rheumatism. 7,462
319 Feverfew Flower Environmental The dried flower buds are a source of an insecticide. 7,462
320 Great Burdock Whole Medicinal A. lappa is well known as a medicinal plant. It possesses heart stimulant, stomachic, anodyne, anti-scorbutic, antipyretic, laxative, diaphoretic, depurative, anti-inflammatory and diuretic properties. 7,465
321 Great Burdock Root Industrial The root contains an essential oil. 7,465
322 Great Burdock Leaf Food In Japan, A. lappa , called "(yama-)gobo", is a popular vegetable. North American Indians eat the young leaves as well as the fresh or dried roots. 7,465
323 Great Burdock Root Food The slightly fibrous mucilaginous roots have a sweetish taste and are consumed raw or cooked. North American Indians eat the young leaves as well as the fresh or dried roots. 7,465
324 Great Burdock Leaves and petioles Feed (Forage/Fodder) In Europe cows eat the leaves readily, but they may give milk a bitter flavour if eaten in large quantities. 7,465
325 Grindelia Leaf Medicinal The leaves and flowering tops are antiphlogistic, antispasmodic, balsamic, demulcent, expectorant, sedative, stomachic and a vascular tonic. The plant is applied externally as a compress on inflamed or irritated areas of the skin. 7,467
326 Grindelia Flower Industrial Yellow and green dyes are obtained from the flowering heads and pods. 7,467
327 Grindelia Root Environmental A decoction of the roots has been used as a hair shampoo to kill lice. 7,467
328 Ox Eye Daisy Flower Food The oxeye daisy is mildly aromatic, like its close cousin, chamomile. The leaves and flowers are edible, though palatability may vary. 7,470
329 Ox Eye Daisy Whole Medicinal A tea of the plant is useful for relaxing the bronchials. It is diuretic and astringent, useful for stomach ulcers and bloody piles or urine. Also used as a vaginal douche for cervical ulceration. The daisy is aromatic, used as an antispasmodic for colic and general digestive upset. 7,470
330 Ox Eye Daisy Leaf Feed (Forage/Fodder) Sheep, goats and horses eat the oxeye daisy, but cows and pigs do not like it. 7,470