Eryngium

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Eryngium
Eryngium bourgatii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe: Saniculeae
Genus: Eryngium
L.
Species

About 250 species, see text

Eryngium is a

Ilex
).

These are

native to rocky and coastal areas, but the majority are grassland plants.[2]

In the language of flowers, they represent admiration.[3]

Species

Eryngium agavifolium
Eryngium alpinum
Eryngium alternatum
Eryngium amethystinum

Species include:[4][5]

Uses

Species are grown as ornamental plants in gardens. Numerous hybrids have been selected for garden use, of which E. × oliverianum[6] and E. × tripartitum[7] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Another is E. x zabelii 'Big Blue', whose parentage is E. alpinum x E. bourgatii.[8]

Many species of Eryngium have been used as food and medicine.

folk medicine in Turkey. In Iran, Eryngium (Boghnagh فارسی- بوقناق) is used as herbal tea to lower blood sugar. Eryngium creticum is a herbal remedy for scorpion stings in Jordan. Eryngium elegans is used in Argentina and Eryngium foetidum in Latin America and South-East Asia. Native American peoples used many species for varied purposes. Cultures worldwide have used Eryngium extracts as anti-inflammatory agents. Eryngium yields an essential oil and contains many kinds of terpenoids, saponins, flavonoids, coumarins, and steroids.[1]

The roots have been used as vegetables or

culinary herb in tropical parts of the Americas and Asia. It tastes similar to coriander or cilantro, and is sometimes mistaken for it. It may be called spiny coriander or culantro, or by its Vietnamese name of Ngo Gai.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wang, P., et al. (2012). Phytochemical constituents and pharmacological activities of Eryngium L. (Apiaceae). Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Pharmaceutical Crops 3 99-120.
  2. ISBN 1405332964
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  3. ^ "Language of Flowers - Flower Meanings, Flower Sentiments". www.languageofflowers.com. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  4. ^ GRIN Species Records of Eryngium. Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  5. ^ Eryngium of North America. USDA PLANTS.
  6. ^ "Eryngium × olivieranum". RHS. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Eryngium × tripartitum". RHS. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. ^ MBG 2022.
  9. ^ Ramcharan, C. 1999. Culantro: A much utilized, little understood herb. p. 506–509. In: Janick, J. (ed.). Perspectives on New Crops and New Uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.

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