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Vanilla

Vanilla

Description Long, fleshy climbing stems of vanilla plants are attached to trees by aerial rootlets, and the roots of the plant also pierce the ground. The flowering season, which lasts for around two months, sees a large number of flowers open one at a time and last for one day. Only a few small bee […]

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Sorrel.

Sorrel

Description The perennial herbaceous plant known as sorrel, sometimes called garden or common sorrel, belongs to the Polygonaceae family.  The herbaceous perennial sorrel is slender and grows to a height of approximately 60 cm. It has deeply rooted roots, juicy stems, and arrow-shaped (sagittate) leaves that emerge from a rosette. The lower leaves have a

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Sesame

Sesame

Description Sesame varieties range in height from 0.5 to 2.5 meters depending on the environment; some have branches, while others do not. In the leaf axils, one to three flowers open. The hulled seeds have a flattened pear-like shape, are creamy or pearly white, and are approximately 3 mm in length. When the seed capsules

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Savory

Savory

Description Similar in form to rosemary, savory is a compact, shrub-like herb that grows 15 to 45 centimeters tall and equally wide. It has woody branches. When it reaches maturity, it produces whorls of tiny white to light pink or purple blooms. Its stems are square, which is typical of its plant family. The narrow,

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Lovage.

Lovage

Description The herbaceous, perennial plant grows upright and produces flowers in umbels at the top of its stalks. It has a base rosette of leaves and stems with additional leaves. When crushed, the lustrous, glabrous green to yellow-green stems and leaves have a faint celery-like scent. The stem leaves are smaller, less split, and have

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Fenugreek

Fenugreek

Description The plants of fenugreek are erect, with little white flowers, trifoliate light green leaves, and are less than one meters (3 feet) tall with free branches. The thin pods are up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, curled, and beaked. Inside are yellow-brown seeds, which are flat rhomboids that are less than 0.5 cm

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Costmary

Costmary

Description An aromatic perennial herb belonging to the aster family (Asteraceae), costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) with yellow button-shaped blooms. The oval-serrated leaves of the perennial costmary can reach a height of up to 2 meters (6.6 feet). It displays tiny, button-shaped, yellow flowers in the summer that grow in bunches. Habitat The plant is indigenous to

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Artichoke

Artichoke

Description Herbaceous perennials, artichokes (Cynara scolymus) belong to the Asteraceae family, which also contains sunflowers, dandelions, and thistles. In warmer climates, they are short-lived perennials; in cooler climates, they are typically planted as annuals.  The main purpose of growing artichokes is to gather their tasty flower buds before the flowers open. The long, curved leaves

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Mint Leaves.

Mint

Description In addition to having a crisp, spicy scent, mint plants are extremely resilient perennials that are easy to recognise because all of its members have square stems and opposing leaves. The mint plant can spread rather quickly because of its long, floppier branches that grow upward and develop roots when they come into contact

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Shallot.

Shallot

Description Shallots are similar to garlic in that they reproduce in the ground, but they have concentric layers on each bulb like onions do. Furthermore, shallots have a light onion flavor and are often smaller than garlic bulbs. They are not too difficult to grow. Similar to garlic cloves, they should be sown in the

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