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Witch Hazel, whose botanical name is Hamamelis virginiana, is a type of plant of the Hamamelidaceae family. The plant is commonly found in North America, Japan and China. There are five species of this plant with three of them namely H. vernalis, H. ovalis, and H. virginiana found in North America and referred by locals as the “winterbloom”. The other two; H. japonica, and H. mollis are found in Japan and China respectively.

Witch hazel was used as a magical as well as medicinal plant. Its name ‘Witch Hazel’ is derived from its past association between witches and magic. The plant was used by people to protect themselves from witches.<br>