Stephen Spitewinter
@spitewinter.bsky.social
🌱 #History, #Botany, #Plants, #Gardening, #Art, #Allotment, Economic & Social History, Small-scale food production, Cricket. Mending old things and restoring old houses. Location 🇬🇧
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I'm sometimes in a hurry! All typos and spelling mistakes (particularly the Latin ones) are entirely my own! 🙂
#plants #history #botany #art 🌍
Good Morning for the last time this year. The Winter Solstice is on Sunday 21st and the North will start its long journey back to daylight. I wish you all well for the New Year in your fields and gardens - I'm taking a break.
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/time...
Good Morning for the last time this year. The Winter Solstice is on Sunday 21st and the North will start its long journey back to daylight. I wish you all well for the New Year in your fields and gardens - I'm taking a break.
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/time...
When is the winter solstice? The shortest day
When is the winter solstice this year? What does it mean? Is it the shortest or longest day?
www.rmg.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌍
Good Morning for the last time this year. The Winter Solstice is on Sunday 21st and the North will start its long journey back to daylight. I wish you all well for the New Year in your fields and gardens - I'm taking a break.
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/time...
Good Morning for the last time this year. The Winter Solstice is on Sunday 21st and the North will start its long journey back to daylight. I wish you all well for the New Year in your fields and gardens - I'm taking a break.
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/time...
#plants #history #botany #art 🌳
Juglans regia - Common Walnut
Making its way by trade along the Silk Road the Walnut was introduced across Europe by the Romans. Cultivated in orchards also grows in the wild (if you know what to look for).
Woodland Trust:
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
Juglans regia - Common Walnut
Making its way by trade along the Silk Road the Walnut was introduced across Europe by the Romans. Cultivated in orchards also grows in the wild (if you know what to look for).
Woodland Trust:
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌳
Juglans regia - Common Walnut
Making its way by trade along the Silk Road the Walnut was introduced across Europe by the Romans. Cultivated in orchards also grows in the wild (if you know what to look for).
Woodland Trust:
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
Juglans regia - Common Walnut
Making its way by trade along the Silk Road the Walnut was introduced across Europe by the Romans. Cultivated in orchards also grows in the wild (if you know what to look for).
Woodland Trust:
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
#plants #history #botany #art🌱
Saccharum officinarum - Cane Sugar
Around now the sugar consumption of my house trebles. 🍰Origins probably New Guinea around C8th BCE and found its way around the world by human cultivation.
The Story of Sugar in 5 objects:
www.britishmuseum.org/blog/story-s...
Saccharum officinarum - Cane Sugar
Around now the sugar consumption of my house trebles. 🍰Origins probably New Guinea around C8th BCE and found its way around the world by human cultivation.
The Story of Sugar in 5 objects:
www.britishmuseum.org/blog/story-s...
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#plants #history #botany #art🌱
Saccharum officinarum - Cane Sugar
Around now the sugar consumption of my house trebles. 🍰Origins probably New Guinea around C8th BCE and found its way around the world by human cultivation.
The Story of Sugar in 5 objects:
www.britishmuseum.org/blog/story-s...
Saccharum officinarum - Cane Sugar
Around now the sugar consumption of my house trebles. 🍰Origins probably New Guinea around C8th BCE and found its way around the world by human cultivation.
The Story of Sugar in 5 objects:
www.britishmuseum.org/blog/story-s...
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Theobroma cacao - Cacao Tree - Cocoa Beans
It's a dark day in 🇬🇧 today. N Hemisphere year-end treat? First known c. 3000bce in Central America and brought to Europe from 1650 onward.
Short history of our favourite fun food -
research.reading.ac.uk/research-blo...
Theobroma cacao - Cacao Tree - Cocoa Beans
It's a dark day in 🇬🇧 today. N Hemisphere year-end treat? First known c. 3000bce in Central America and brought to Europe from 1650 onward.
Short history of our favourite fun food -
research.reading.ac.uk/research-blo...
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Theobroma cacao - Cacao Tree - Cocoa Beans
It's a dark day in 🇬🇧 today. N Hemisphere year-end treat? First known c. 3000bce in Central America and brought to Europe from 1650 onward.
Short history of our favourite fun food -
research.reading.ac.uk/research-blo...
Theobroma cacao - Cacao Tree - Cocoa Beans
It's a dark day in 🇬🇧 today. N Hemisphere year-end treat? First known c. 3000bce in Central America and brought to Europe from 1650 onward.
Short history of our favourite fun food -
research.reading.ac.uk/research-blo...
#plants #history #botany #art 🧳
Well, after a very sad weekend the good news is that there are only 6 days until the Northern Winter Solstice. 👍
That's when I'm going to take a few weeks off, switch off the news feeds on my 'phone and try to recover from the last few years. Have a good week!
Well, after a very sad weekend the good news is that there are only 6 days until the Northern Winter Solstice. 👍
That's when I'm going to take a few weeks off, switch off the news feeds on my 'phone and try to recover from the last few years. Have a good week!
December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#plants #botany #history #art 🌳
Ilex aquifolium - Common Holly
Another pagan new-year fertility symbol. I have one of these in my garden. I didn't intend to but I think it arrived with one of the Blackbirds that nest in the Laurel.
Woodland Trust page -
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
Ilex aquifolium - Common Holly
Another pagan new-year fertility symbol. I have one of these in my garden. I didn't intend to but I think it arrived with one of the Blackbirds that nest in the Laurel.
Woodland Trust page -
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#plants #botany #history #art 🌳
Ilex aquifolium - Common Holly
Another pagan new-year fertility symbol. I have one of these in my garden. I didn't intend to but I think it arrived with one of the Blackbirds that nest in the Laurel.
Woodland Trust page -
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
Ilex aquifolium - Common Holly
Another pagan new-year fertility symbol. I have one of these in my garden. I didn't intend to but I think it arrived with one of the Blackbirds that nest in the Laurel.
Woodland Trust page -
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
#plants #history #botany #art
Viscum album - Mistletoe
A very turn-of-year plant. A tolerated parasite of apple trees and yes, I have often been Wassailing and woken with a fine hangover.
Oxford Herbaria
herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants40...
Wassail!
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/his...
Viscum album - Mistletoe
A very turn-of-year plant. A tolerated parasite of apple trees and yes, I have often been Wassailing and woken with a fine hangover.
Oxford Herbaria
herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants40...
Wassail!
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/his...
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Viscum album - Mistletoe
A very turn-of-year plant. A tolerated parasite of apple trees and yes, I have often been Wassailing and woken with a fine hangover.
Oxford Herbaria
herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants40...
Wassail!
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/his...
Viscum album - Mistletoe
A very turn-of-year plant. A tolerated parasite of apple trees and yes, I have often been Wassailing and woken with a fine hangover.
Oxford Herbaria
herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants40...
Wassail!
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/his...
#plants #history #botany #art
Anthurium andraeanum - Anthurium, Flamingo Flower (many more)
It's the New Year Red & Green tradition again and these are in my local supermarkets as gifts. Origins Columbia/Ecuador. Illustration R. Horticole c1871.
RHS basic care -
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/1349/...
Anthurium andraeanum - Anthurium, Flamingo Flower (many more)
It's the New Year Red & Green tradition again and these are in my local supermarkets as gifts. Origins Columbia/Ecuador. Illustration R. Horticole c1871.
RHS basic care -
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/1349/...
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Anthurium andraeanum - Anthurium, Flamingo Flower (many more)
It's the New Year Red & Green tradition again and these are in my local supermarkets as gifts. Origins Columbia/Ecuador. Illustration R. Horticole c1871.
RHS basic care -
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/1349/...
Anthurium andraeanum - Anthurium, Flamingo Flower (many more)
It's the New Year Red & Green tradition again and these are in my local supermarkets as gifts. Origins Columbia/Ecuador. Illustration R. Horticole c1871.
RHS basic care -
www.rhs.org.uk/plants/1349/...
#plants #history #botany #art
Cinnamomum verum syn. C. zeylanicum - True Cinnamon
Not to be confused with C. cassia which is related but not as good. Excellent winter spice.
Simple How-To for mulled wine 🙂 -
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/mull...
Good article from Kew -
www.kew.org/plants/cinna...
Cinnamomum verum syn. C. zeylanicum - True Cinnamon
Not to be confused with C. cassia which is related but not as good. Excellent winter spice.
Simple How-To for mulled wine 🙂 -
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/mull...
Good article from Kew -
www.kew.org/plants/cinna...
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Cinnamomum verum syn. C. zeylanicum - True Cinnamon
Not to be confused with C. cassia which is related but not as good. Excellent winter spice.
Simple How-To for mulled wine 🙂 -
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/mull...
Good article from Kew -
www.kew.org/plants/cinna...
Cinnamomum verum syn. C. zeylanicum - True Cinnamon
Not to be confused with C. cassia which is related but not as good. Excellent winter spice.
Simple How-To for mulled wine 🙂 -
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/mull...
Good article from Kew -
www.kew.org/plants/cinna...
#plants #history #botany #art
Phoenix dactylifera - Date Palm
A N Hemisphere New Year tradition is dried fruits and I'm fond of Dates. Illus. Michel Descourtilz, Antilles c1827
Loads of happy date recipies -
www.bbc.co.uk/food/date
Everything you could want to know -
www.kew.org/plants/date-...
Phoenix dactylifera - Date Palm
A N Hemisphere New Year tradition is dried fruits and I'm fond of Dates. Illus. Michel Descourtilz, Antilles c1827
Loads of happy date recipies -
www.bbc.co.uk/food/date
Everything you could want to know -
www.kew.org/plants/date-...
December 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Phoenix dactylifera - Date Palm
A N Hemisphere New Year tradition is dried fruits and I'm fond of Dates. Illus. Michel Descourtilz, Antilles c1827
Loads of happy date recipies -
www.bbc.co.uk/food/date
Everything you could want to know -
www.kew.org/plants/date-...
Phoenix dactylifera - Date Palm
A N Hemisphere New Year tradition is dried fruits and I'm fond of Dates. Illus. Michel Descourtilz, Antilles c1827
Loads of happy date recipies -
www.bbc.co.uk/food/date
Everything you could want to know -
www.kew.org/plants/date-...
Reposted by Stephen Spitewinter
#plants #history #botany #art
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
A Norse and Germanic new year tradition. Norway Spruce the tree of choice for decoration because of its pleasing and elegant shape.
🇬🇧🇳🇴 We stand by our friends - the gift of Norwegian Spruce since 1947 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalg...
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
A Norse and Germanic new year tradition. Norway Spruce the tree of choice for decoration because of its pleasing and elegant shape.
🇬🇧🇳🇴 We stand by our friends - the gift of Norwegian Spruce since 1947 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalg...
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
A Norse and Germanic new year tradition. Norway Spruce the tree of choice for decoration because of its pleasing and elegant shape.
🇬🇧🇳🇴 We stand by our friends - the gift of Norwegian Spruce since 1947 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalg...
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
A Norse and Germanic new year tradition. Norway Spruce the tree of choice for decoration because of its pleasing and elegant shape.
🇬🇧🇳🇴 We stand by our friends - the gift of Norwegian Spruce since 1947 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalg...
#plants #history #botany #art
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
A Norse and Germanic new year tradition. Norway Spruce the tree of choice for decoration because of its pleasing and elegant shape.
🇬🇧🇳🇴 We stand by our friends - the gift of Norwegian Spruce since 1947 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalg...
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
A Norse and Germanic new year tradition. Norway Spruce the tree of choice for decoration because of its pleasing and elegant shape.
🇬🇧🇳🇴 We stand by our friends - the gift of Norwegian Spruce since 1947 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalg...
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
A Norse and Germanic new year tradition. Norway Spruce the tree of choice for decoration because of its pleasing and elegant shape.
🇬🇧🇳🇴 We stand by our friends - the gift of Norwegian Spruce since 1947 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalg...
Picea abies - Norway Spruce
A Norse and Germanic new year tradition. Norway Spruce the tree of choice for decoration because of its pleasing and elegant shape.
🇬🇧🇳🇴 We stand by our friends - the gift of Norwegian Spruce since 1947 -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalg...
#plants #history #botany #art
Boswellia sacra - Frankincense
A scrubby tree native to the harsh conditions of the Horn of Africa and SE Arabian Peninsula. Valuable sap is harvested for incense and perfume, used in rituals for many millennia.
Quick history: www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/b...
Boswellia sacra - Frankincense
A scrubby tree native to the harsh conditions of the Horn of Africa and SE Arabian Peninsula. Valuable sap is harvested for incense and perfume, used in rituals for many millennia.
Quick history: www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/b...
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Boswellia sacra - Frankincense
A scrubby tree native to the harsh conditions of the Horn of Africa and SE Arabian Peninsula. Valuable sap is harvested for incense and perfume, used in rituals for many millennia.
Quick history: www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/b...
Boswellia sacra - Frankincense
A scrubby tree native to the harsh conditions of the Horn of Africa and SE Arabian Peninsula. Valuable sap is harvested for incense and perfume, used in rituals for many millennia.
Quick history: www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/b...
#plants #botany #history #art
Zingiber officinale - Ginger
Origins in SE Asia and first recorded in Analects of Confucius c475 BCE. Now a world spice, completely domesticated and rarely seen in the wild.
How to make crystallised Ginger, a seasonal gift:
fromthelarder.co.uk/homemade-cry...
Zingiber officinale - Ginger
Origins in SE Asia and first recorded in Analects of Confucius c475 BCE. Now a world spice, completely domesticated and rarely seen in the wild.
How to make crystallised Ginger, a seasonal gift:
fromthelarder.co.uk/homemade-cry...
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
#plants #botany #history #art
Zingiber officinale - Ginger
Origins in SE Asia and first recorded in Analects of Confucius c475 BCE. Now a world spice, completely domesticated and rarely seen in the wild.
How to make crystallised Ginger, a seasonal gift:
fromthelarder.co.uk/homemade-cry...
Zingiber officinale - Ginger
Origins in SE Asia and first recorded in Analects of Confucius c475 BCE. Now a world spice, completely domesticated and rarely seen in the wild.
How to make crystallised Ginger, a seasonal gift:
fromthelarder.co.uk/homemade-cry...
#plants #history #botany #art
Ficus carica - Fig Tree
Origins Middle East from Turkey to Pakistan, cultivated from ancient times. Easy to dry and store. Figs always appear in my home at year-end.
About the Fig Tree -
www.kew.org/plants/fig
Figgy Pudding 🙂
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/figg...
Ficus carica - Fig Tree
Origins Middle East from Turkey to Pakistan, cultivated from ancient times. Easy to dry and store. Figs always appear in my home at year-end.
About the Fig Tree -
www.kew.org/plants/fig
Figgy Pudding 🙂
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/figg...
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Ficus carica - Fig Tree
Origins Middle East from Turkey to Pakistan, cultivated from ancient times. Easy to dry and store. Figs always appear in my home at year-end.
About the Fig Tree -
www.kew.org/plants/fig
Figgy Pudding 🙂
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/figg...
Ficus carica - Fig Tree
Origins Middle East from Turkey to Pakistan, cultivated from ancient times. Easy to dry and store. Figs always appear in my home at year-end.
About the Fig Tree -
www.kew.org/plants/fig
Figgy Pudding 🙂
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/figg...
#plants #history #botany #art
Good Morning All! I hope that you had a good weekend if it was possible.
It is December 1st and just 20 days to count until the Winter Solstice in the N Hemisphere. I'll spend the time looking at some plants that have entered our traditions for the Turn of the Year.
Good Morning All! I hope that you had a good weekend if it was possible.
It is December 1st and just 20 days to count until the Winter Solstice in the N Hemisphere. I'll spend the time looking at some plants that have entered our traditions for the Turn of the Year.
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Schlumbergera, (Epiphyllanthus) genus - Christmas Cacti
Extending the pagan tradition of red berries & green leaves for decoration at the turn of the year. Origin Brazil, early C19th, Illustration c1887.
A background article
www.gardeningknowhow.com/tbt/history-...
Schlumbergera, (Epiphyllanthus) genus - Christmas Cacti
Extending the pagan tradition of red berries & green leaves for decoration at the turn of the year. Origin Brazil, early C19th, Illustration c1887.
A background article
www.gardeningknowhow.com/tbt/history-...
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Schlumbergera, (Epiphyllanthus) genus - Christmas Cacti
Extending the pagan tradition of red berries & green leaves for decoration at the turn of the year. Origin Brazil, early C19th, Illustration c1887.
A background article
www.gardeningknowhow.com/tbt/history-...
Schlumbergera, (Epiphyllanthus) genus - Christmas Cacti
Extending the pagan tradition of red berries & green leaves for decoration at the turn of the year. Origin Brazil, early C19th, Illustration c1887.
A background article
www.gardeningknowhow.com/tbt/history-...
#plants #history #botany #art
William James Muller 1812-1845
The Apothecaries' Garden, Chelsea
Oils on Canvas c1842.
(The Apothecaries' Garden later became The Physic Garden)
Have a good weekend, wherever you are!
All about the Chelsea Physic Garden
www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/about/history/
William James Muller 1812-1845
The Apothecaries' Garden, Chelsea
Oils on Canvas c1842.
(The Apothecaries' Garden later became The Physic Garden)
Have a good weekend, wherever you are!
All about the Chelsea Physic Garden
www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/about/history/
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
William James Muller 1812-1845
The Apothecaries' Garden, Chelsea
Oils on Canvas c1842.
(The Apothecaries' Garden later became The Physic Garden)
Have a good weekend, wherever you are!
All about the Chelsea Physic Garden
www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/about/history/
William James Muller 1812-1845
The Apothecaries' Garden, Chelsea
Oils on Canvas c1842.
(The Apothecaries' Garden later became The Physic Garden)
Have a good weekend, wherever you are!
All about the Chelsea Physic Garden
www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/about/history/
#plants #history #botany #art
Do you have a long weekend ahead? Were you interested in the story of medicinal plants I've posted?
If you have access to iPlayer, Prime Video or BritBox then you may want to watch the late, great Dr Michael Mosely's 3-part history.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Do you have a long weekend ahead? Were you interested in the story of medicinal plants I've posted?
If you have access to iPlayer, Prime Video or BritBox then you may want to watch the late, great Dr Michael Mosely's 3-part history.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
Michael Mosley tells the story of the creation of our most useful and valuable drugs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#plants #history #botany #art
Do you have a long weekend ahead? Were you interested in the story of medicinal plants I've posted?
If you have access to iPlayer, Prime Video or BritBox then you may want to watch the late, great Dr Michael Mosely's 3-part history.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Do you have a long weekend ahead? Were you interested in the story of medicinal plants I've posted?
If you have access to iPlayer, Prime Video or BritBox then you may want to watch the late, great Dr Michael Mosely's 3-part history.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
#plants #history #botany #art ☠️
Atropa belladonna - Deadly Nightshade
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Deadly means just that - don't mess with it. Another Solanaceae, heavily laced with Atropine. Atropine was used as a cosmetic in the Early Modern Period (for dilating pupils) and is still a useful medication but...
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Atropa belladonna - Deadly Nightshade
🧵/1
Deadly means just that - don't mess with it. Another Solanaceae, heavily laced with Atropine. Atropine was used as a cosmetic in the Early Modern Period (for dilating pupils) and is still a useful medication but...
🧵/next
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌳
Cinchona officinalis - Brown Peru Bark (many others)
Origin tropical S #America, many varieties of Cinchona but all are a source of the #medicine Quinine, the treatment for Malaria.
Originally presented as Tonic Water, still a popular mixer - just add London Gin 🥂
Cinchona officinalis - Brown Peru Bark (many others)
Origin tropical S #America, many varieties of Cinchona but all are a source of the #medicine Quinine, the treatment for Malaria.
Originally presented as Tonic Water, still a popular mixer - just add London Gin 🥂
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Salix alba - Common Willow
Common to temperate N Hemisphere. One of the original sources of the #medicine Salicin which is NOT Aspirin. Aspirin was synthesised from Salicin (extracted from Meadowsweet) by Bayer c1897.
Salicin ref:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicin
Salix alba - Common Willow
Common to temperate N Hemisphere. One of the original sources of the #medicine Salicin which is NOT Aspirin. Aspirin was synthesised from Salicin (extracted from Meadowsweet) by Bayer c1897.
Salicin ref:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicin
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM