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madder
(redirected from cape jasmine)

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madder (maˑ·dr),
n Latin name:
Rubia tinctorum; part used: roots; uses: kidney stones, paralysis, menstrual problems, jaundice; precautions: pregnancy, lactation, children; possible hepatotoxicity. Also called
dyer's madder, garance, krapp, madder root, or
robbia.


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Chinese-medicine practitioners have used pods from this shrub, also known as the cape jasmine, for thousands of years to treat type 2 diabetes.
Ancient wisdom: Chinese extract may yield diabetes treatment by Brownlee, C. / Science News
Spring, 1862 Dear Daughter, You asked in your last letter what it feels like to be free so I send you cape jasmine blossoms and the story of how I found them.
Spring, 1862 Dear Daughter by Jackson, Gale / African American Review
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