78 Medicinal Plants Trivia Questions with Answers
78 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which tree's oil is inhaled to ease respiratory congestion?
Answer
Eucalyptus
Which plant, also called deadly nightshade, produces the alkaloid atropine?
Answer
Atropa belladonna
Which plant is the natural source of the antihypertensive alkaloid reserpine?
Answer
Rauvolfia serpentina
Which plant's seeds yield an oil commonly used as a potent laxative?
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Castor bean
What is the scientific name of sweet wormwood, the plant that yields artemisinin?
Answer
Artemisia annua
Which plant from Madagascar is used to produce the chemotherapy drug vincristine?
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Catharanthus roseus
Which species of yew is the source of the anticancer drug paclitaxel?
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Taxus brevifolia
What is the scientific name of the plant commonly known as St. John's wort?
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Hypericum perforatum
Which tree's bark provides the antimalarial drug quinine?
Answer
Cinchona
Which plant is the source of the powerful opioid painkiller morphine?
Answer
Opium poppy