| Accepted name: |
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Asperula odorata L.
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| English names: |
Sweet Woodruff
Sweet White Woodruff
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| French names: |
Gaillet odorant
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rubiales
Family: Rubiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HGALOD
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
As medicine (Herba asperulae odoratae) and spice plant cultivated in gardens or in semi-cultivation in forests. The coumarin containing herbage is also used as spice for wine (may-wine) and desserts(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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