Alkanet health benefits (Alkanna tinctoria - Boraginaceae fam.)
Grassy plant growing here there in the South, in sandy areas, originating from Northern Africa.
Tausch, Alkanna
(Alkanna tinctoria LINN.)
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Alkanets ...
Alkanet [English]: Alkanna tinctoria
Alkanet [English]: Anchusa tinctoria
Alkanet [English]: Anchusa azurea
Alkanet Anchusa Officinalis [English]: Anchusa officinalis
Alkanna [English]: Alkanna tinctoria ...
Within Boraginoideae, fructans are absent in annual species but also in the perennial Alkanna; starch may sometimes also be present (Bourdu 1957; Meier & Reid 1982).
Nombres relacionados: Alkana farbiarska (eslovaco), Alkanet (inglés), Alkanna tinctoria (sinónimo), Ancusa de tintes (castellano), Belchoría (vasco), Bolen roig (catalán), Boraginaceae (familia), Lithospermum tinctorium (sinónimo), ...
Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria), for red color
Alligator pepper, mbongo spice (mbongochobi), hepper pepper (Aframomum danielli, A. citratum, A. exscapum) (West Africa)
Allspice (Pimenta dioica)
Angelica (Angelica archangelica) ...
borage and Pulmonaria, were formerly used in medicine, and the roots yield purple or brown dyes, as in Alkanna tinctoria (alkanet). Heliotrope or cherry-pie (Heliotropium peruvianum) is a well-known garden plant.
 See also: Alkanet, Anchusa, May, Medic, Green
  
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