Taxonomy: it is a word that suggests a scientific approach to naming organisms and then to classifying them into convenient groups. The ancient Greeks, for a time, thought that all the plants of the ...

Toothache plants thrive best with full sun for at least 8 hours daily. Choose a spot in your yard with loamy soil rich in organic matter like compost. These beautiful, versatile plants can be grown in ...

After having her painful molars treated by Amazonian villagers, anthropologist Françoise Barbira Freedman is bringing their painkilling plant to the masses I was fascinated to learn about the highland ...