Plants

The leaves of the plant are harvested in July and August on dry days to prevent them from blackening when exposed to water.

It reaches sizes ranging from 5 to 15 meters and often has many trunks topped with a loose, irregularly shaped crown.

It is then dried in the shade, separated from other herbs due to the strong odor given off by the cress. A decoction of the cut herbs can be used, or fresh juice diluted with water can be drunk.

This was the first European country to introduce this plant. The oldest specimen is in the Botanical Garden in Utrecht. It is also the oldest specimen of the tree in Europe.

Their size may vary from 6 to 9 cm (2,5 to 3,5 in) and ripe in June. As they grow really high, special pole is used to harvest them.

It includes various blue-flowered plants, such as Siberian Bugloss, or the annual borage.

The largest producers of this vegetable are China (48 percent), India (13 percent), Russia and South Korea (3.6 percent each).

It is probably one of the three parent species (along with the pomelo and mandarin orange) of most cultivated forms of citrus.

It turns yellow when exposed to sunlight. Wood is hard but very flexible, medium strength, difficult ...