Red clover - dried herb - 1000g (1kg)
Product characteristics
Contents: dried herb
Country of origin: EU
Classification: Trifolium pratense
Weight: 1000g (1kg)
Description
RED CLOVER - dried herb - 1000g (1kg)
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Plant description A perennial. It occurs throughout Europe, in Central Asia and North Africa. It has been naturalized and is also grown in Australia and both Americas. It blooms from May to September. A cross-pollination is necessary for the fruit to form. It can only be made by insects with long mouth apparatus, mainly bumblebees. A honey plant. |
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Properties A fodder plant with a high protein and mineral salt content. It was cultivated as early as the 11th century, but not on a large scale until the 18th century. It is listed in the European Union's register of agricultural plants and is one of the main legumes cultivated for fodder. Edible: all parts of the plant are edible (roots after cooking). It was formerly used as a medicinal plant in folk medicine. Its herb and inflorescences (Herba, Flos Trifolii pratensis) contain glycosides and flavonoids. It was used as a diuretic and expectorant.
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