Rogów, Arboretum SGGW

It is native to Asia and Europe. Edible plant - leaves raw or cooked, a delicious lemony flavour; flowers raw, a decorative addition to salads; the dried plant can be used as a curdling agent for milk. Herbal plant - the fresh or dried leaves are anodyne, antiscorbutic, astringent, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, irritant and stomachic; a decoction is used in the treatment of fevers, both to quench the thirst and allay the fever; externally, the leaves are crushed and applied locally to dispel boils and abscesses, they also have an astringent affect on wounds; some caution is advised due to the oxalic acid content of the leaves. Usable plant - plants can be grown as a ground cover in woodland or under the shade of shrubs; the juice of the leaves removes iron mould stains from line.