| Accepted name: |
Tanacetum balsamita L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Chrysanthemum balsamita (L.) Baillon
-Pyrethrum majus (Desf.) Tzvelev
-Pyrethrum balsamita Willd.
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| English names: |
Mint Geranium
Costmary
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HTANBA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The fresh or dried leaves are used as a vegetable and as a garnish for soups, mutton and legume dishes, also in liqueur manufacture. Also grown as a decorative plant (1). |
| Key Characters: |
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