Eryngium campestre var. virens
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Summary
Source: WikipediaEryngium campestre, known as field eryngo, or Watling Street thistle, is a species of Eryngium, which is also used medicinally. A member of the carrot family Apiaceae, it is a hairless, greenish perennial plant with tough spiny leaves.
Description
A temperate herb in the family Apiaceae with edible young stems, leaves, flowers, and roots.
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Edible Uses
Young stems are peeled and eaten raw. Leaves and flowers are cooked. Roots are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The young stems are peeled and eaten. Leaves and flowers are cooked. The roots are eaten raw.
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Medicinal Uses
It is used in herbalism as an infusion to treat coughs, whooping cough and urinary infections. Roots were formerly candied as sweets or boiled and roasted as a vegetable. The plant's active constituents are essential oils, saponins, tannins. In Iran's Mazandaran Province, it has been used in various local dishes for centuries.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Asia, Europe, Turkey, Türkiye,
Also Known As
Buga tikani, Dibitath, Ecirok, Encero, Gokdiken, Ikkeyde, Kerenge nebiyan, Navcurk, Sekirok
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