สมุนไพรและพืชดอก

สมุนไพรเป็นไม้ล้มลุกที่ใช้ปรุงรสอาหารและใช้เป็นยาพื้นบ้าน ช่วงเดือนหนาวในเขตร้อนจะเหมาะที่สุดสำหรับการเพาะเมล็ดหรือเพาะกล้าสมุนไพร ส่วนพืชดอก ตลอดจนไม้ประดับสวยงามจะช่วยดึงดูดแมลงผสมเกสรและแมลงที่เป็นประโยชน์อื่น ๆ นอกจากนี้ พืชดอกยังใช้เป็นพืชประกอบเพื่อขับไล่แมลงศัตรูพืชและหนอนตัวกลม รวมทั้งใช้เพื่อปรับปรุงดิน

  1. Dill Anethum graveolens

    ผักชีลาว

    Dill is a freely-branching, blue-green, feathery-leafed, annual herb, with yellow flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, growing to 1 m tall. Dill has been cultivated for centuries from the Mediterranean to southern Russia for both the seeds and leaves. It is now naturalized and grows wild on...

  2. Oregano Origanum vulgare

    Oregano is a tangled, bushy, perennial, aromatic herb, with stems up to 1 m long, and used as a culinary herb and for essential oil. Oregano has good heat and drought tolerance.

  3. Coriander/Cilantro Coriandrum sativum

    ผักชี

    Coriander/Cilantro is a cool-climate, annual crop, up to 1.5 m in height, with small white flowers, valued for its seeds (coriander) and leaves (cilantro). Leaves are used in soups, stews, salads, and stir-fry dishes. Seeds are used whole or ground in bread, cheeses, curry, sausages, and soups.

  4. Basil Ocimum basilicum

    โหระพา

    Basil is an upright, aromatic, annual plant, up to 75 cm in height, and used as a culinary herb and for essential oil. The leaves of basil are often used as a seasoning in tomato sauces and the basis for making pesto. There are many varieties of basil with different colored leaves and unique...

  5. Parsley Petroselinum crispum

    Parsley is an upright, herbaceous plant, growing to 70 cm in height. In temperate regions, parsley is a biennial, putting on vegetative growth the first season, over-wintering, then flowering the following season. In tropical regions it will not flower or produce seeds. It is commonly used as a...

  6. Culantro Eryngium foetidum

    ผักชีฝรั่ง

    Culantro is a biennial or short-lived perennial native to tropical America. It is grown mainly for its leaves which are used as a culinary herb in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Plants grow 8 to 40 cm tall with leaves arranged in a spiral pattern around a central stem. Leaves...

  7. Tithonia Tithonia diversifolia

    Mexican Sunflower is a woody, perennial, plant with showy yellow flowers growing to 3 m in height. It can be used as an ornamental, hedge, compost ingredient, fodder, green manure, and soil erosion control. Mexican sunflower is known to be efficient in extracting phosphorus from the soil. Green...

  8. African Marigold Tagetes erecta

    ดอกดาวเรือง

    African marigold is aupright growing, aromatic, annual plant, up to 1.25 m in height, with showy, fragrant flowers up to 10 cm in diameter. This plant is noted for repelling nematodes.

  9. French Marigold Tagetes patula

    ดอกดาวเรืองฝรั้งเศส

    French marigold is an upright growing, aromatic, compact, annual plant, up to 40 cm in height, with showy, fragrant flowers up to 5 cm in diameter. This plant is noted for repelling nematodes.