Latin Terms for Botanical Medicines #

Arillus…………….berries Fructus………...…….fruit Gelatinum….............gelatin Radix…………….….root Rhizome..............root stem Semen……..….…….seed Herba…..plant (not wood) Tuber…………..root bulb Nodus…….rhizome node Folium……….……...leaf Lignum…………….wood Pericarpium………….peel Cortex……………….bark Flos……………….flower Caulis………………..stalk Succus............…plant juice Bulbus.....................…..bulb Ramulus…………….stick Stylus…….center of flower Sclerotium…………...fruit Cacumen…………...leaves Cornu…………...….antler Concha……………...shell