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Nome provável (Submeter nome)
100%Grau de confiança
Choicya
D
Doreen Sinden0%Grau de confiança
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Não concorda com as espécies sugeridas mas não tem outra sugestão
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Data de criação
28 de jul de 2022
Ultima revisão
9 de out de 2023
Bratoszewice
Syn. 'Centaurea cyanus'.
It is native to Europe and the Middle East.
Possible weed!
Edible plant - young shoots and flowers raw or cooked; an edible blue dye is obtained from the flowers, used for colouring sugar and confections.
Herbal plant - the dried flowers are antipruritic, antitussive, astringent, weakly diuretic, emmenagogue, ophthalmic, very mildly purgative, and tonic; an infusion can be used in the treatment of dropsy, constipation, or as a mouthwash for ulcers and bleeding gums; the seeds are used as a mild laxative for children, a decoction of the leaves is antirheumatic.
Useful plant - a blue ink and a dye is obtained from the petals mixed with alum-water, the dye gives a nice colour to linen, but it is transient.