plants and medicine test 2 final study guide

Question 1

What does chrysanthemum leucanthemum mean

Answer 1

gold flower

Question 2

phytochemical found in chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Answer 2

pyrethrins (great insecticide)

Question 3

difference between pyrethrins an pyrethroids

Answer 3

pyrethroids are semisynthetic version of permethrin

Question 4

what does fleabane mean

Answer 4

bane: forbidden
Flea: flea

Question 5

what is doctrine of signatures

Answer 5

God has marked everything with a sign

Example of walnut

Question 6

white snakeroot contains what phytochemical

Answer 6

trematol

Question 7

how to differentiate between red and sugar maple

Answer 7

red maple has sharp v sinuses
and shaped like an M
sugar maple looks like Canadian flag

Question 8

Walnuts are indehiscent…. which means

Answer 8

pericarp remains intact when the fruit is shed from the plant.

Question 9

how can you tell walnut from hickory?

Answer 9

walnuts are indehiscent

Question 10

phytochemical in walnut?

Answer 10

allelopathy (

Question 11

definition of allelopathy>

Answer 11

kills others and inhibits respiration

Question 12

Romans used walnuts to control

Answer 12

bed bugs