FLOWER FRIDAY

This is my contribution for today on #flowerfriday hosted by @menschenskinder, supported by @lichtblick& @welovesteemit.

I took this photo by my Smartphone in, my friend house in Abudhab .

Chelidonium majus is a member of the plant family Papaveraceae—also known as the poppy family that includes bloodroot and opium poppy. Other names of the Chelidonium plant include celandine, wartweed, greater celandine, and swallow-wort. Since the plant blooms while the swallow are migrating, the famous first-century Greek physician, Pedanius Dioscorides, had named the plant after the Greek khelidon, which means “swallow” in English.

The plant blooms between May and August, while its seeds mature through July to September. Bees, beetles, and flies usually pollinate the flowers of this plant, which is native to North Africa, Western Asia, Europe, while it is now found in North America. The perennial plant will grow in hedgerows and on banks.

Chinese and Western herbalism uses herbal Chelidonium as an antispasmodic, a muscle relaxant, and to treat cataracts. Traditionally, the juice or sap was used for skin, gallbladder, and liver disorders.