Whatever your area of interest, the Boletus Plantoteque provides you with information about our wild and useful plants in words and pictures. We give you the names in various languages and in Latin. You get to learn a bit about how they were used in the past and present, from 

  

a medical (NOTE: No Boletus experiments!), cosmetic or culinary perspective. We at Boletus hope you have fun and succeed in the quest for the plants you are looking for!

Blackberry frosen / Rubus fruticosus

Blackberry dried / Rubus fruticosus siccatus

Bilberry frozen / Vaccinium myrtillus

Good for mouth and throat infections, as well as diarrhoea.

Bilberry dried / Vaccinium myrtillus siccatus

Good for mouth and throat infections, as well as diarrhoea.

Oak / Quercus robur

Juniper / Juniperus communis

In the middle ages juniper was ascribed magical healing powers, but today it is used mainly as a flavouring in cuisine and spirits (the words gin and geneva derive from juniper) and juniper drinks.

Elder / Sambucus nigra

Mildly laxative, diuretic, mildly sedative. Used as tea to treat colds, weight loss and insomnia.

Raspberry frozen / Rubus idaeus

Sweet chestnut (cracked) / Hippocastanum vulgare

Sea buckthorn / Hippophea rhamnoides

Chesnut / Castanea sativa

Cowberry dried / Vaccinium vitis-idaea siccatus

Pear Tekisha / Pyrus communis

Pear Williams / Pyrus communis

Plum / Prunus domestica

/ Rhamnus fallax ( R.catharicus)

Mountain ash / Sorbus aucuparia

Sloe / Prunus spinosa

The ripe fruit is diuretic, tonic and mildly laxative. Used dried to treat bladder, kidney and stomach problems as well as diarrhoea.

Wild berry frozen / Fragaria vesca

Simply eaten fresh or dried in muesli and baking. Delicious!

Wild strawberry dried / Fragaria vesca siccatus

Simply eaten fresh or dried in muesli and baking. Delicious!

Roseship / Rosa canina, cynosbati

Astringent, diuretic and laxative. Rosehip is prized mostly for its rich content of vitamin C (100 g of rosehip can contain more vitamin C than one kilo of lemons). Other important substances include Beta-carotene and vitamin A. Has traditionally been used against fatigue and colds, and has demonstrated good properties against various forms of arthritis, and in treating bleeding gums. Can alleviate toothache.

Dog rose dried / Rosa canina, cynosbati siccatus

Astringent, diuretic and laxative. Rosehip is prized mostly for its rich content of vitamin C (100 g of rosehip can contain more vitamin C than one kilo of lemons). Other important substances include Beta-carotene and vitamin A. Has traditionally been used against fatigue and colds, and has demonstrated good properties against various forms of arthritis, and in treating bleeding gums. Can alleviate toothache.

Dog rose without seeds / Cynosbati sine semine

Astringent, diuretic and laxative. Rosehip is prized mostly for its rich content of vitamin C (100 g of rosehip can contain more vitamin C than one kilo of lemons). Other important substances include Beta-carotene and vitamin A. Has traditionally been used against fatigue and colds, and has demonstrated good properties against various forms of arthritis, and in treating bleeding gums. Can alleviate toothache.

Hawthorn / Crataegus monogyna

Lowers blood pressure and lipids, vasodilating and sedative. Used in tea and in traditional medicine for heart and circulatory disorders, migraine, menopausal symptoms and insomnia.

Walnut-tree (whole) / Juglans regia

Walnut-tree (nucleus) / Juglands regia nucleus

Wild crab / Malus sylvestris