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More Than Incense: Boswellia’s Wide-Ranging Potential

By Sandra Nomoto Commonly Called Frankincense, Boswellia Species Have Been Used to Treat Ailments for Thousands of Years in Traditional Medicine, Which Still Applies Today Boswellia is a genus of trees, flowering plants, and shrubs. Boswellia sacra, commonly known as frankincense or olibanum-tree, is native to the Arabian Peninsula and northeastern Africa. It grows up …

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Before Humans, There Was Horopito: A Hot Shrub That’s Kept Predators and Unwanted Conditions at Bay

By Sandra Nomoto Known to Alleviate Multiple Conditions, Horopito Could be One of the World’s Oldest and Most Beneficial Plants Horopito, or Pseudowintera colorata is one of the world’s earliest evolved flowering plants. It is also known as mountain horopito, peppertree, pepperwood, or ramarama. A small two to three metre tree or evergreen shrub that …

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