Sage, Pineapple
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Scientific name: Salvia elegans
Family: Lamiaceae
Origin: Mexico
Medicinal use: The plant is widely used in traditional Mexican medicine, especially for the treatment of anxiety, and also for the reduction of blood pressure. They have been shown to have a dose-dependent antihypertensive effect attributed to their action as an angiotensin II receptor antagonist and an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor.
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SKU: 0715 Category: Culinary GardenScientific name: Basella alba
Family: Basellaceae
Origin: India
Medicinal use:It is a perennial vine, popular in several tropical countries for its edible leaf, unrelated to the commonly known terrestrial spinach. Widely used in Asian cuisine, the culinary possibilities of Malabar spinach include its use to thicken soups, fry or stew with garlic and chili peppers, in salads or steamed with tofu and ginger.
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SKU: 0505 Category: Culinary GardenScientific name: Allium tuberosum
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Origin: China, Japan and India
Medicinal use:It is a vegetable related to the onion. It is grown and used as a substitute for garlic and onion in cooking and is known as “Maroi nakupi”. The flavor is more like garlic chives. The chopped flowers and leaves are usually sprinkled in salads, sandwiches and stews in general. It is delicious for making compound butters and cream cheese.
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SKU: 0460 Category: Culinary GardenScientific name: Tropaeolum majus
Family: Tropeolaceae
Origin: S America
Medicinal use: In the kitchen, its tender leaves and very finely chopped flowers are used in soups and salads, giving a fresh and spicy flavor reminiscent of pepper or mustard. The flowers, due to their pleasant taste and appearance, are used to decorate meat, fish, salads and vegetables dishes. The plant is especially rich in vitamins and minerals and a remedy used to cleanse the blood, as it supports the body in its detoxification. The flavor of the leaves is slightly spicy. Optically, its crumbled leaves also enrich pasta dishes and pizzas.
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SKU: 0232 Category: Culinary GardenScientific name: Eruca vesicaria
Family: Brassicaceae
Origin: Mediterranean, China and Arabian Peninsula
Medicinal use: It is often added to a pizza at the end of or just after baking. It is also used cooked in Apulia, in southern Italy, to make the pasta dish cavatiéddi, “in which large amounts of coarsely chopped rocket are added to pasta seasoned with a homemade reduced tomato sauce and pecorino”,as well as in “many unpretentious recipes in which it is added, chopped, to sauces and cooked dishes” or in a sauce (made by frying it in olive oil and garlic) used as a condiment for cold meats and fish.
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