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Borago officinalis
About
Borage, also known as starflower, is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae native to the Mediterranean region. Although the plant contains small amounts of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, some parts are edible and its seeds provide oil.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
How to use it
The seeds of this annual herb are utilized to provide oil.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
In the kitchen
Some parts of this plant are edible, despite the presence of small amounts of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Borago officinalis
- Slug
- borago-officinalis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Borago
- Species
- officinalis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 40
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