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roots are used as traditional medicines for the treatment of several ailments; for example, they are used to help heal wounds and to treat high blood pressure, diabetes, and inflammatory tumors ( Oboh et al., 2005 ). These species are therapeutically

repellent products ( Alan et al., 2011 ; Božović and Ragno, 2017 ; Drapeau et al., 2009 ). C. nepeta has potential use as an ornamental landscape plant or groundcover for urban and suburban parks, gardens, and green roofs ( Caneva et al., 2013 ; Casalini

commonly referred to as “chocolate vine” in United States, are grown by gardeners as ornamental climbing vines, are well-known medicinal plants, and have been used in Chinese herbalism for at least 2000 years. Three species (subspecies) ( A. quinata , A

interest in applying CEA practices to urban agriculture (UA), including small- (e.g., in-home production or indoor gardens), medium- (e.g., community gardens), or large-scale commercial operations [e.g., rooftop greenhouses or warehouse-based indoor “plant

, one for each variety in the study, and verified by Dr. James Affolter, Director of Research at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens, GA. They are being stored in the University of Georgia Herbarium, Athens, GA (276066, 276068, 276069, 276070

: A practical guide through qualitative analysis Sage Publ London, UK Collins, C.C. O'Callaghan, A.M. 2007 Healing gardens for assisted living: An interdisciplinary approach to health education HortTechnology 18 611 618 Conklin, E.L. 1978 Interior

members of the Teenek (Huastec) Indians of Mexico used peppers to heal infected wounds ( Marinelli and Hanson, 1999 ). Current biomedical research has continued this interest in peppers. Conforti et al. (2007) examined different stages of pepper fruit