2007-02-10 11:05:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
According to the site listed below:
"What’s in a name: Common St. Johnswort is said to have gotten its common name from the red resin that is contained in small, black glands in the flower petals. In the Middle Ages, it was said that this was the bloodshed by St. John the Baptist when he was beheaded. The word wort is an old English word for plant, and the species name peforatum comes from the Latin for hole."
2007-02-10 14:48:50 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was originally thought of as a weed. Still is today according to some ecologists. But it is grown agriculturally in some places for use in treating symptoms of depression.
2007-02-10 18:56:45 · answer #2 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What? I have no idea what you are asking. Do you mean before they believed it could treat certain symptoms of depression?
2007-02-10 11:10:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋