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Here begins our collection of living plant knowledge – with lovingly illustrated portraits, ancient traditions, and the silent wisdom of nature.

You can browse, learn, feel… and remember.

Step by step, this herbarium grows as a living place for all who meet plants with their hearts.

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Plant by Name

Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Tonka Bean (Dipteryx odorata)

Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)

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Plant Parts

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Plant Parts

bark

bud

bulb

cone

filament / algae

flower

fruit

green part

leaf

milky sap / latex

peel / shell / husk

pulp / fruit flesh

resin

rhizome

root

seed

seed core / stone

shoot / sprout

spore

stem / stalk

Constituents

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Constituents

alcohols

monoterpene alcohols

sesquiterpene alcohols

alkaloids

indole alkaloids

isoquinoline alkaloids

pyrrolizidine alkaloids

tropane alkaloids

bitters

diterpene bitters

iridoids

sesquiterpene lactones

carbohydrates

complex carbohydrates

fructose

glucose

simple sugars

sucrose

coumarins

furanocoumarins

simple coumarins

essential oils

fats and lipids

omega-3 fatty acids

omega-6 fatty acids

saturated fatty acids

flavonoids

anthocyanins

flavones

flavonols

isoflavones

kaempferol

proanthocyanidins

quercetin

rutin

glycosides

anthraquinone glycosides

cardiac glycosides

phenol glycosides

senna glycosides

minerals

calcium

magnesium

potassium

mucilage / polysaccharides

plant mucilage

polysaccharides

organic acids

caffeic acid

chlorogenic acid

cinnamic acid

gallic acid

phenolic acids

phenols

polyphenols

simple phenols

saponins

steroidal saponins

triterpene saponins

tannins

condensed tannins

ellagitannins

gallotannins

hydrolysable tannins

trace elements

iron

selenium

zinc

vitamins

B vitamins

Essential Oils

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Essential Oils

monoterpenalcohols

borneol

citronellol

geraniol

linalool

menthol

nerol

α-terpineol

monoterpenaldehydes

citral

geranial

neral

monoterpenes

limonene

myrcene

sabinene

α-pinene

β-pinene

δ-3-carene

monoterpenesters

lavandulyl acetate

linalyl acetate

monoterpenketones

camphor

fenchone

pulegone

thujone

monoterpenphenols

carvacrol

thymol

oxides

1,8-cineole

phenylpropanoids

anethole

cinnamaldehyde

eugenol

isoeugenol

methylchavicol

sesquiterpenalcohols

bisabolol

farnesol

guaiol

spathulenol

α-cedrol

sesquiterpenes

chamazulene

humulene

β-caryophyllene

Scent Profile

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Scent Profile

Animalic

amber-like

animalic

castoreum-like

leathery

musky

Balsamic

benzoin-like

resinous-balsamic

styrax-like

sweet-balsamic

tonka-like

Camphoraceous

camphor

cool-fresh

eucalyptus-like

menthol-like

Citrus

bergamot-like

grapefruit-like

lemon-like

lime-like

mandarin-like

orange-like

zesty / peel-fresh

Earthy

clay-like

humus-like

mossy

mushroom-like

rooty

Floral

honey-sweet

jasmine-like

lavender-like

lilac-like

narcissus-like

rose-like

violet-like

Fruity

apple-like

berry-like

gummy-like

melon-like

peach-like

pineapple-like

tropical

Herbal

bitter-green

forest-like / mossy

green / grassy

hay-like

mediterranean

minty / herb-fresh

tea-like

Marine

algae-like

fresh-aquatic

iodine-like

sea breeze

Metallic

cool-metallic

electric

ozonic

warm-metallic

Neutral

barely perceptible

lightly plant-like

lightly soapy

powdery

Resinous

fir resin

frankincense-like

fresh-resinous

myrrh-like

Spicy

anise-like

caraway-like

cardamom-like

chili-like

cinnamon-like

clove-like

cumin-like

fennel-like

ginger-like

nutmeg-like

peppery

saffron-like

Woody

cedar-like

dry-woody

fir-like

mossy-woody

pine-like

sandalwood-like

smoky-woody

vetiver-like

Scent Effect

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Scent Effect

calming

anxiolytic

relaxing

sleep-inducing

child-friendly

emotionally balancing

gentle and friendly

popular with children

clarifying

air-cleansing

mentally clarifying

space-harmonizing

grounding

centering

rooting

stabilizing

intense

dominant

polarizing

strong natural scent

purifying

antibacterial

atmosphere-purifying

symbolically cleansing

refreshing

airy

cooling

invigorating

sensual

aphrodisiac

deep-acting

feminine

masculine

spiritual

enhances subtle perception

suitable for rituals

supports meditation

stimulating

enhances focus

mentally activating

subtle

barely noticeable

neutral

uplifting

heart-opening

inspiring

mood-lifting

warming

comforting

enveloping

instills a sense of security

Growth Forms

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Growth Forms

annual

aquatic plant / water plant

biennial

cactus

climbing plant / vine

fungus / mushroom

ground cover

herbaceous perennial

lichen

marsh plant / bog plant

moss

perennial

shrub

succulent

tree

Habitats

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Habitats

bog / wetland

coastal region

cultivated garden

dry grassland / poor grassland

exotic (imported)

forest

forest edge

hedge

meadow

mediterranean

mountains

tropical

Ecology

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Ecology

ARK plant

companion plant

habitat provider

healing for the garden

insect_repellent

leaf nutrient donor

nitrogen fixer

pioneer plant

pollinator-friendly

shade giver

soil improver

Harvest Times

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Harvest Times

Autumn (September – November)

Spring (March – May)

Summer (June – August)

Winter (December – February)

Harvest Months

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Harvest Months

April

August

December

February

January

July

June

March

May

November

October

September

Harvest Cues

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Harvest Cues

After the First Frost

After the Rain

At Dawn

At Full Bloom

At Sunrise

Before the First Frost

Full Moon

New Moon

Waning Moon

Waxing Moon

When Dew is Present

Uses

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Uses

Animal Care

antiparasitic

calming for animals

fur care

tick repellent

veterinary support

Creative / Crafting Uses

crafting

diy cosmetics

natural dyes

perfume making

plant-based paper

scented sachet

soap making

Internal Applications

culinary use

incense inhalation

inhalation

liqueur

mouth rinse

oxymel

syrup

tea

tincture (internal)

Symbolic / Spiritual Uses

amulet

aura spray

incense

plant spirit communication

protective magic

ritual plant

Topical Applications

bath additive

body oil

compress

cream

hair tonic

massage oil

ointment

poultice

tincture (external)

wash

wrap

Essence

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Essence

air plant

ancestor plant

bridge plant

dream herb

earth plant

fire plant

guardian plant

initiation plant

light plant

returning plant

sacred plant

shadow plant

threshold plant

visionary plant

Planetary Energy

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Planetary Energy

classical planets (sun- saturn)

☉ sun

☽ moon

☿ mercury

♀venus

♂mars

♃ jupiter

♄ saturn

modern planets (uranus- pluto)

☊ lunar nodes (Rahu / Ketu)

♅ uranus

♆ neptune

♇ pluto

Elemental Energy

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Elemental Energy

metal – structure, boundaries, skin

wood – growth, movement, life force

🜁 aether – spirituality, intuition

🜁 air – clarity, lightness, breath

🜂 fire – strength, transformation, inflammation

🜃 earth – stability, calm, digestion

🜄 water – emotions, cleansing, lymph

Healing Systems

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Healing Systems

Africa

Akan Plant Medicine

Bantu Healing Traditions

Berber Healing Arts

Edo and Yoruba Herbal Medicine

Ewe Herbal Medicine

North African Herbal Medicine

San (Bushmen) Healing Arts

Traditional Herbal Medicine of Sub-Saharan Africa

Tuareg & Nomadic Plant Medicine

Arab-Islamic Sphere

Arabic Traditional Medicine

Maghrebi Folk Medicine

Persian Herbal Medicine

Unani Medicine

🇹🇷Turkish Herbal Medicine

Asia

East Asia

Japanese Kampo Medicine

Korean Herbal Medicine

Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa)

TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Himalaya / Tibet

Nepalese Folk Medicine

Tibetan Herbal Medicine

North & Central Asia

Altai Herbal Medicine

Central Asian Herbal Medicine

Russian Orthodox Monastic Herbalism (Eastern Slavic)

Siberian Folk Medicine

South Asia

Ayurveda (India)

Siddha Medicine (South India)

Sinhalese-Tamil Folk Medicine (Sri Lanka)

Southeast Asia

Jamu (Indonesia)

Lao & Cambodian Herbal Medicine

Philippine Healing Arts (Hilot / Herbolaryo)

Thai Folk Medicine

West Asia

Caucasian & Armenian Healing Traditions

Turkish Folk Medicine

European Healing Traditions

🇨🇿🇸🇰Czechoslovakian Folk Medicine

🇩🇪 Germanic Herbalism

🇪🇸Spanish Herbal Medicine

🇫🇷French Plant Medicine

🇬🇧English Herbalism

🇬🇷 Greek Healing Arts

🇭🇺Hungarian Folk Medicine

🇮🇪 Irish Herbalism

🇮🇸Icelandic Folk Healing

🇮🇹Italian Folk Medicine

🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪Baltic Plant Medicine

🇳🇴🇸🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮 Nordic Healing Traditions

🇵🇱Polish Herbal Tradition

🇵🇹Portuguese Folk Healing

🇷🇴🇲🇩Romanian & Moldavian Folk Healing

🇸🇮🇭🇷🇷🇸🇧🇦🇲🇪🇲🇰 South Slavic Plant Medicine

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Folk Healing

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Herbal Arts

North America

Afro-American Rootwork / Hoodoo / Conjure

Appalachian Folk Medicine

Cajun Folk Medicine (Louisiana)

First Nations Medizin

Hispano Herbal Medicine

Pennsylvania Dutch Herbalism

Oceania

Aboriginal Plant Medicine (Australia)

Lā‘au lapa‘au (Hawaii)

Māori Healing (Aotearoa / New Zealand)

Melanesian Healing

Polynesian Plant Medicine

South and Central America

Andean Folk Medicine

Aztec Herbalism

Inca Herbal Medicine

Kallawaya Medicine (Bolivia)

Traditional Maya Medicine

Mythic Realm

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Mythic Realm

alchemy plant

demon protection

fairy tale plant

initiation plant

love plant

magical plant

offering

plant of the gods

Shamanic Paths

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Shamanic Paths

Africa

Central Africa

Baka & Mbuti Shamanism (Central Africa)

Bwiti (Gabon, Cameroon)

Fang-Bwiti (Gabon, Cameroon)

Pygmy Healing Systems (Congo, Central African Republic)

East Africa

Dinka & Nuer Spirituality (South Sudan)

Hadza Tradition (Tanzania)

Maasai Spirituality (Kenya, Tanzania)

Samburu Tradition (Northern Kenya)

Nilo-Saharan Traditions

Nilo-Saharan Traditions (Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia)

Sahel & Sahara Region

Bambara & Dogon Spirituality (Mali)

Dogon Shamanism (Mali)

Fulani & Tuareg Traditions (Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya)

Southern Africa

San Tradition (Kalahari, Botswana, Namibia)

Sangoma Shamanism (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho)

Zulu Spirituality (South Africa)

West Africa

Ewe Tradition (Ghana, Togo)

Vodun / Vodou (Benin, Togo, Ghana)

West African Plant Shamanism (Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria…)

Yoruba-Ifá Tradition (Nigeria, Benin, Togo)

Arab-islamic Spere

Berber Plant Ritualism (Atlas Mountains, Morocco & Algeria)

Djinn Spiritism & Plant Magic (Arabian Peninsula, North Africa)

Hadra Ceremonies (Maghreb, Egypt, Turkey, India)

Sufi Healing Traditions & Trance Paths (Turkey, Persia, North Africa, India)

Zār Rituals (Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Horn of Africa)

Asia

Central Asia

Altai Shamanism (Altai Mountains)

Burjatic Shamanism (Southeastern Siberia)

Kazakhstan Shamanism (Rural Kazakhstan)

Mongolic shamanism

Tengerism (Altai, Tuva, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia)

Tuwa Shamanism (Tuva Republic, Southern Siberia)

East Asia

Ainu Shamanism (Nordjapan > Hokkaidō)

Daoist Ritual Practices (China – Southern & Central Regions)

Miko & Shugendō Shamanism (Japan > Honshū & mountain regions)

Muism – Korean Shamanism (South Korea, parts of North Korea)

Ryūkyū Shamanism (Japan > Okinawa Islands)

Shintō – Nature Rituals & Use of Plants (Japan)

Himalayas / Tibet

Bhutia and Lepcha (Himalayas > Sikkim)

Northern Asia

Chukchi Shamanism (Far Northeastern Siberia)

Evenki Shamanism (Western and Central Siberia)

Khanty Shamanism (West Siberian Lowlands)

Nenets Shamanism (Northern Siberia)

Selkup Shamanism (Western Siberia)

Siberian Shamanism (Siberia)

Yakut Shamanism (Sakha, Eastern Siberia)

South Asia

Adivasi Shamanism (India)

Baigas (India > Madhya Pradesh)

Bhils (Central Western India > Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat)

Donyi-Polo Shamanism (Northeast India > Arunachal Pradesh)

Gonds (Central India)

Khasis (Northeast India > Meghalaya)

Munda and Ho (Eastern India > Jharkhand, Odisha)

Nagaland Shamanism (Northeast India > Nagaland)

Oraons (India > Chotanagpur Plateau)

Santhals (Eastern India > Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha)

Vedda Shamanism (Sri Lanka)

Southeast Asia

Babaylan-Tradition (Philippinen > Visayas & Mindanao)

Balian-Tradition (Indonesien > Bali)

Batak-Shamanism (Indonesien > Sumatra)

Catalonan-Tradition (Philippinen > Luzon)

Dayak-Shamanism (Indonesien/Malaysia > Borneo)

Mentawai-Shamanism (Indonesien > West-Sumatra > Mentawai-Isles)

Toraja-Shamanism (Indonesien > Sulawesi)

Europe

Spiritual Paths of the Roma & Nomadic Peoples of Europe

🇧🇬 🇷🇴 🇭🇺Carpathian Shamanism (Lost Traces)

🇨🇭🇦🇹 Mountain Shamanism & Folk Magic (Alpine Cultures)

🇩🇪 Germanic Soul Path / Rune Way

🇪🇪 Estonian Nature Magic & Song Spells

🇪🇸 Galician-Celtic Shamanism

🇪🇸 Iberian Brujería & Plant Magic

🇪🇸 Shamanic Cave Cults & Nature Paths

🇫🇷 Fairy Lines & Marian Paths (Southern France)

🇫🇷 Plant Magic & Witchcraft Traditions

🇬🇧Old Paths & Hedgewitch Traditions

🇭🇺 Hungarian Táltos Tradition

🇮🇪Ancient Irish Shamanism & Druidic Tradition

🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇷🇺 Shamanism of the Sámi (Sápmi)

🏔 Alpine Soul Path & Wild Women Cult

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic Shamanism of the Highlands

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh Shamanism & Awen Tradition

North America

Afro-American Hoodoo / Rootwork (Southern USA)

Apache Shamanism (Southwest USA)

Diné Spirituality (Navajo) (Southwest USA)

Huichol Tradition (Northern Mexico / Southwestern USA)

Inuit Shamanism (Canada / Alaska / Greenland)

Lakota Shamanism (Northern Plains, USA)

Medicine Bundle Traditions (Crow, Blackfoot, etc.)

Medicine Wheels and Vision Quests (USA & Canada)

Plant Shamanism of the First Nations (USA & Canada)

Shamanic Elements in Cajun Voodoo (Louisiana, USA)

Oceania

Aboriginal Dreamtime Shamanism (Australia)

Huna – Hawaiian Spiritual Teaching (Hawaii)

Māori Shamanism (Tohunga, New Zealand)

Melanesian Plant Ritualism (Melanesia)

Polynesian Plant Shamanism (Polynesia)

Shamanic Systems (Papua New Guinea)

South & Central America

Afro-Caribbean Healing Traditions (Caribbean & South America)

Amazonian Shamanism (Amazon Region – Peru, Brazil, Colombia, etc.)

Bribri Shamanism (Costa Rica & Panama)

Cacao Rituals (Maya, Aztec, modern revival) (Mesoamerica / worldwide)

Curanderismo / Curanderas (Mexico & Central America)

Inca Shamanism (Reconstructed) (Peru & Andean Region)

Kallawaya Tradition (Andes, Bolivia)

Kichwa & Quechua Shamanism (Andean Region: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)

Mazatec Mushroom Tradition (Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico)

Q’ero Tradition (Inca Descendants) (High Andes, Peru)

Shipibo-Konibo Shamanism (Ucayali Basin, Peru)

Wixarika / Huichol Shamanism (Northern Mexico)

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Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)

Tonka Bean (Dipteryx odorata)

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Nettle
(Urtica dioica)

Vanilla
(Vanilla planifolia)

Tonka Bean
(Dipteryx odorata)