SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Spice Plants
A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, berry, bud or other vegetable substance primarily used for flavoring, coloring or preserving food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are parts of leafy green plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. Many spices have antimicrobial properties. This may explain why spices are more commonly used in warmer climates, which have more infectious diseases, and why the use of spices is proeminent in meat, which is particularly susceptible to spoiling. Spices are sometimes used in medicine, religious rituals, cosmetics or perfume production, or as a vegetable.1
Greenhouse Locator Map:
- Spice at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, August 04, 2016.
Greenhouse Locator Map:
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25 Accessions:
- 1102: Vanilla pompona - Vanilla Orchid - Orchidaceae
- 1104: Tamarindus indica - Tamarind - Fabaceae
- 1107: Capsicum chinense - Indian Chile - Solanaceae
- 1202: Cinnamomum verum - Ceylon Cinnamon - Lauraceae
- 1202: Elettaria cardamomum - Cardamom - Zingiberaceae
- 1203: Piper nigrum - Black Pepper, White Pepper - Piperaceae
- 1205: Murraya koenigii - Curry Leaf Tree, Sweet Neem - Rutaceae
- 1212: Alpinia zerumbet - Zingiberaceae
- 1212: Saccharum officinarum - Sugar Cane - Poaceae
- 1215: Curcuma longa - Turmeric - Zingiberaceae
- 1215: Zingiber officinale - Common Ginger - Zingiberaceae
- 1303: Pimenta dioica - Allspice, Jamaican Pepper - Myrtaceae
- 1304: Phyla scaberrima - Aztec Sweet Herb - Verbenaceae
- 1307: Acmella oleracea - Toothache Plant - Asteraceae
- 1308: Stevia rebaudiana - Sweetleaf - Asteraceae
- 1309: Bixa orellana - Annatto - Bixaceae
- 1312: Piper auritum - Mexican Pepperleaf, Hoja Santa , Veracruz Pepper, False Kava - Piperaceae W/C
- 2101: Crocus sativus - Saffron Crocus - Iridaceae
- 2101: Rosmarinus officinalis - Rosemary - Lamiaceae
- 2101: Vitex Agnus-castus - Chaste Tree - Lamiaceae
- 2102: Ruta graveolens - Common Rue, Herb-of-Grace - Rutaceae
- 2104: Laurus nobilis - Laurel, Sweet Bay - Lauraceae
- 2305: Allium schoenoprasum - Chives - Amaryllidaceae
- 2316: Houttuynia cordata - Chameleon Plant, Heartleaf, Giap ca, Dokudami - Saururaceae
- 3228: Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla Orchid - Orchidaceae
W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering = Image(s) Available = map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession