Gesho
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Rhamnus prinoides, the shiny-leaf buckthorn, is an African shrub or small tree in the family Rhamnaceae. Commonly referred to as gesho, it was first scientifically described by French botanist Charles
Rhamnus prinoides, loof, Ncagaberg, a
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Hops
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Hops are the flowers of the hop plant Humulus lupulus, a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to which
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…for nutrition, medicine or religious purposes. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, where the plant is known as gesho or gešo, it is used in a manner similar to hops. The stems are boiled and the extract mixed with honey to ferment a mead called tej in Amharic and myes in Tigrinya. It is also used in the brewing of…
Hop flower in a hop yard in the Hallertau, Germany
Fully grown hops bines ready for harvest on the Yakama Indian Reservation
Humulus on a house
Early season hop growth in a hop yard in the Yakima River Valley of Washington with Mount Adams in the distance