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Botanic garden - definition of Botanic garden in Encyclopedia (192 words) |
 | Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors. |
| The scientific work done at botanical gardens includes studies of how to adapt exotic plants to grow in the locale of the garden; taxonomic studies; and the propagation of rare or endangered species of plant. |
| Some Botanical gardens such as the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research and the Chicago Botanical Garden have plant breeding programs and introduce new plants to the horticultural trade. |
| Passion Vine Facts (Passiflora incarnata) - Planet Botanic Canada (1543 words) |
| The vine’s medicinal uses vary from Virginia to Argentina, the common thread being the treatment of the nervous system, particularly an overactive one. |
| Passiflora foetida is used in Argentina to treat epilepsy, Passiflora laurifolia is used in Trinidad to treat nervous heart palpitations, Passiflora quadrangularis is used throughout the Caribbean as a sedative and for headaches, and Passiflora rubra is used in Jamaica as a morphine substitute. |
| The parts used in herbal medicine are the leaves, gathered before the plant flowers, or the whole plant, harvested with the fruit intact. |
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