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Chenpi contains volatile oils which include the chemical compounds nobiletin, hesperidin, neohesperidin, tangeretin, citromitin, synephrine, carotene, cryptoxanthin, inositol, vitamin B 1, and vitamin C. [2] Traditional Chinese herbal medicine uses the alcohol extracts of several citrus peels, including those extracted from mandarin orange and ...
Za'atar [a] (/ ˈ z ɑː t ɑːr / ZAH-tar; Arabic: زَعْتَر, IPA:) is a Levantine culinary herb or family of herbs. It is also the name of a spice mixture that includes the herb along with toasted sesame seeds , dried sumac , often salt, and other spices . [ 1 ]
Thymus herba-barona (caraway thyme) is used both as a culinary herb and a ground cover, and has a very strong caraway scent due to the chemical carvone. [20] [21] Thymus praecox (mother of thyme, wild thyme), is cultivated as an ornamental, but is in Iceland also gathered as a wild herb for cooking, and drunk as a warm infusion.
Three soups from Michelle Huneven: clockwise from left, Kaeng Lieng, Roman-style Chickpea and Tomato Soup with Bulgur and Ash Reshteh. (Shelby Moore / For The Times)
Caraway thyme is a creeping, woody-based perennial, growing to 10 to 25 cm (4 to 10 in) high and spreading out across the ground to a width of 30 cm (12 in). The leaves are 4 to 10 mm (0.2 to 0.4 in) long, lanceolate, dark glossy green and hairy. The foliage has a strong aroma of caraway.
Euphorbia serpyllifolia (Euphorbia serpillifolia [note 1]) is a species of euphorb known by the common names thymeleaf sandmat or thyme-leafed spurge.It is native to a large part of North America from Canada to Mexico, where it is a common member of the flora in many types of habitat.
Branches of Thymelaea hirsuta showing the "sparrow's beak" fruits that earned it the earlier generic name of Passerina.. The genus name Thymelaea is a combination of the Greek name for the herb thyme θύμος (thúmos) and that for the olive ἐλαία (elaía) - in reference to its thyme-like foliage and olive-like fruit; while the English name sparrow-wort (used by Thomas Green in his ...
Coleus amboinicus, synonym Plectranthus amboinicus, [1] is a semi-succulent perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae [2] with a pungent oregano-like flavor and odor. Coleus amboinicus is considered to be native to parts of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and India, [3] although it is widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in the tropics where it is used as a spice and ornamental plant. [2]