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Amie
Posted at:
January 27, 2025
I was looking for info on Angel Wings and when I googled it, I stumbled across your answer to a lady looking for the same info. After MUCH struggle I found a latin name and I found some info (most of it is in Indian or Chinese language so it wasn't much help!) that I thought I would share.This is helpful. Thank you.
They are the seed pods of Oroxylum indicum. Here is a website with a picture and some info (in English):
https://www.itmonline.org/arts/oroxylum.htm
Still not sure about that Jezebel Root ;)I am not familiar with the plant, but I found one commercial website selling bat's head root that suggests that the plant is Trapa bicornis, an aquatic plant with some colourful names including "bat nut", "horn nut", "devil's nut", "goat head", "bull head", "water caltrap" and "water chestnut". This is an aquatic plant that produces a nut that looks like a head with two horns or two wings. There is a good picture of the nut here:
Actually, one that keeps stumping ME is called Bat's Head Root. All I know is that it comes from Mexico and is used in rootwork (Hoodoo). The only plant I found is the Bat's Head Flower, or St. Peter's Plant, and that is named for the flower, not the root, so I don't think it's the same thing. Any ideas?