* Borage ( Borago officinalis )

* Borage ( Borago officinalis )

* Borage Borago officinalis

* Borage ( Borago officinalis ) An annual herb from Syria, naturalized in much of Europe, North Africa, and Iran

Other toxicologic causes of veno-occlusive disease include plant & herbal sources of pyrrolizidine alkaloids such as Borage, Boneset, Coltsfoot, T ' u-san-chi, Comfrey, Heliotrope ( sunflower seeds ), Gordolobo, Germander, and Chaparral.

Borage is also traditionally used as a garnish in the Pimms Cup cocktail, but is sometimes replaced by a long sliver of cucumber peel if not available.

Borage is sometimes indicated to alleviate and heal colds, bronchitis, and respiratory infections, and in general for its anti-inflammatory and balsamic properties.

Borage is used in companion planting.

The Indian Borage is very commonly grown as a potted plant.

The Indian Borage is a fast growing plant.

Borage production does include use as either a fresh vegetable or a dried herb.

Boraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2, 000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.

Borage leaves have a cucumber like flavor.

Borage boiled and sautéed with garlic, served with potatoes.

* Bennett, M. ( 2003 ) Pulmonarias and the Borage Family.

To encourage a bushy plant, cut the tip of the top, insert into the soil and instantly, you have another plant as the cutting will grow within days. The Indian Borage ideally should be grown in a semi-shaded and moist location as the leaves will remain a beautiful jade-green colour.

* Bennett, M. ( 2003 ) Pulmonarias & the Borage Family.

* Bennet, M. ( 2003 ) & the Borage Family ISBN 0-7134-8732-1

Traditionallly Borago officinalis is used in hyperactive gastrointestinal, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders.

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The species " Borago officinalis " or borage is grown and eaten as a vegetable stalks preferably cooked.

Only borage ( Borago officinalis ) is widely distributed, cultivated and wild, becoming cosmopolita.

Borago officinalis was thought to be native of Assyrian, but is probably of North African origin, where there are other Borago species.

The flower is blue-purple or white star-shaped, Borago officinalis, are highly valued, are added to salads, infusions of teas and wine, it have a great reputation since ancient times.

Subgenus Borago, is characterized by erect herbaceous wheel-shaped flowers, blue, sometimes white Borago officinalis.

One of the main ingredients of preboggion are borage ( Borago officinalis ) leaves.

Borago ( Bo-rá-go ), common name borage, is a genus of two species of herbs with large, hairy leaves that taste mildly of cucumber, and star-shaped purple-blue flowers which are prized for their flavour.

This plant was thought to be native of Assyria, but is probably of North African origin, where there are other Borago species.

The genus Borago are annual or perennial herbaceous plants, herbs leaves alternate.

* Borago trabutii, endemic to the High Atlas and the Anti-Atlas, Morocco.

* Borago longifolia, endemic to northern Algeria and Tunisia.

* Borago morisiana, endemic to the island of San Pietro in southwestern Sardinia.

There were four species within Stoechas ( Lavandula stoechas, L. dentata, L. viridis and L. pedunculata ) while Spica had three ( L. officinalis ( now L. angustifolia ), L. latifolia and L. lanata ).

Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ), not to be confused with bee balm ( which is genus Monarda ), is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region.

By far the best-known species is the Herb Hyssop ( H. officinalis ), widely cultivated outside its native area in the Mediterranean.

Devil's-bit scabious ( Succisa pratensis ), saw-wort ( Serratula tinctoria ) and betony ( Stachys officinalis ) are all abundant and exemplify the oceanic character of the chalk grassland on the Plain, a feature which is confined to south-west England.

Their main source of income is harvesting and sale of Non-timber Forest Produce ( NTFP ) like honey, nellikai ( gooseberry, Emblica officinalis ), bamboo, Paasi ( Lichen ).

There are just two species, R. officinalis ( Rosemary ), widespread in the Mediterranean region, and R. eriocalyx, native to northwest Africa and southern Spain.

( 2001 ) found that when using Melilotus officinalis ( yellow sweetclover ) as a cover crop in an improved fallow system ( where a fallow period is intentionally improved by any number of different management practices, including the planting of cover crops ), weed biomass only constituted between 1-12 % of total standing biomass at the end of the cover crop growing season.

In favourable conditions in the garden, S. officinalis can grow to a substantial size ( 1 square metre or more ), but a number of cultivars are more compact.

Its trees are: candlenut ( Aleurites moluccana ), Emblica officinalis, Homalium foetidum, Vitex pubescens, Dryopetes ovalis, and Casia fistula.

*** Salvia officinalis ( common sage ), a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb

Stachys species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Coleophora case-bearers C. auricella ( recorded on S. officinalis ), C. lineolea and C. wockeella ( feeds exclusively on S. officinalis ).

There are also several notable flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs including: Kadam tree ( Adina cordifolia ), Indian gooseberry ( Emblica officinalis ), Crape-myrtle ( Lagerstroemia lanceolata ), axlewood ( Anogeissus latifolia ), Black Myrobalan ( Terminalia chebula ), Schleichera trijuga, Odina wodiar, Flame of the Forest ( Butea monosperma ), Golden Shower Tree ( Cassia fistula ), satinwood ( Chloroxylon swietenia ), Black Cutch ( Acacia catechu ), Shorea talura ( E ), indigoberry ( Randia uliginosa )

Prominent examples are many of the species of maquis and other submediterranean dry ecosystems ( such as thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis ), the different heather species ( e. g. Calluna vulgaris and Erica species ), African wild olive ( Olea europaea ssp.