Curated category
Herbs
- OnionCarl Linnaeus first described the onion plant in his 1753 work Species Plantarum. The scientific name Allium cepa comes from Latin, where cepa means onion…
- ParsleyThe word parsley emerged from a linguistic merger in the 1548 era of English cultivation. Old English speakers used a term identical to the contemporary…
- CannabisThe genus Cannabis likely split from its closest relative, Humulus, during the mid Oligocene, around 27.8 million years ago according to molecular clock…
- ThymeIn the dry heat of ancient Egypt, embalmers wrapped bodies in thyme to preserve them for the afterlife. The common thyme plant, known scientifically as…
- BasilThe plant known as Ocimum basilicum grows natively from Central Africa to Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Lamiaceae family, which also includes mints.