Saturday 28 December 2013

BLOOMING GARLIC VINE



The garlice vine (Mansoa alliacea) that my late mother planted is blooming.  I got to enjoy this sight when I went home last weekend.  This pant is a species of tropical liana in the trumpet-creeper family. It is so called because it smells like garlic.
It is a very common and well respected plant remedy in the Amazon for the pain and inflammation of arthritis and rheumatism, as well as, colds, flu, and fever. 

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