Scirus |
Comprehensive scientific research tool. More than 450 million items. |
Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages |
10,500 plant names in more than 60 different languages, origins, constituents, etymology, images, uses |
GRIN |
USDA. Scientific and common names, synonyms |
ITIS |
Interagency Taxonomic Information system. Diverse US Government agencies partnership. Standardized nomenclature, taxonomic data, hierarchical classification. Hyperlinks to diverse off-site resources |
University of Washington |
Hyperlinks to Medline, USDA Plants Database, and Plants for a Future Database |
USDA Plants Database |
Searchable via multiple access points |
Southwest School of Botanical Medicine |
Known chemical constituents for over 250 medicinal plants |
Materia Medica Vegetabilis Vol.I |
Uses in English, Dutch, German, French |
Materia Medica Vegetabilis Vol.II |
Uses in English, Dutch, German, French |
Materia Medica Vegetabilis Vol.III |
Index, Latin and English names |
Traditional Medicines Database (South Africa) |
Common names, scientific names, uses, pharmacology, chemical constituents |
Cacti Guide |
Common and Latin names, photographs |
University of Melbourne |
Multilingual (21 languages) plant name database with links to sites in various languages |
Ayurveda Marketplace |
Pharmacopeia, glossary, encyclopedia, Indian herbs, therapies |
Herbasin Herb Database |
Latin, English, PinYin and Chinese names, descriptions, uses |
Eastern Chinese Medicine Export Company |
Latin, English and PinYin names, searchable by medical use or symptoms |
Herb Names Cross Reference |
Botanical, common and Chinese PinYin names |
iChinese Herbs |
Latin, common and PinYin names |
Green Kingdom Herbs |
Latin and standardized common names |
UnaniHerbalist |
Multilingual dictionary includes Latin, English, Sanskrit, Indian, Arabian, and Persian names |
Western United States Flora Checklists |
Latin names and common names |
Herbal Medicine Materia Medica |
Herbal Medicine Materia Medica. Descriptions, constituents, cited references |
Find Wild Flowers |
Identification of British flora |
Report on the Indigenous Medical Botany of Massachusetts |
Medicinal uses (published mid 1800’s) |
Navajo Indian Medical Ethnobotany |
Genera, uses, bibliography. Botanical indices on pages 20-32 (published 1941) |
Glossary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Terms |
University of Maryland School of Medicine |
An Herbal / Medical Dictionary |
Glossary of terms used in herbalism, medicine and physiology |