Łódź, Botanical Garden

Native to western Asia and eastern Europe. Bees feeding plant. Edible plant - young leaves raw or cooked, although not palatable! Herbal plant - the plant contains the alkaloids cynoglossine and consolidin, which are used medicinally to relieve pain, they depress the central nervous system and are also potentially carcinogenic (?!); the plant has a wide antitumour reputation for cancers of various types.