Kategorie: Die Heilkräuter von Kythira

Jan 27
Wild lavender

It is a plant aromatic – pharmaceutical and apart from its use as a drink it is also…

Jan 27
Wild celery (Alexanders)

It is a sleek, biannual plant, with thick bud and deep green leaves. It is usually…

Jan 27
Venushaarfarne

It is a hygrophilous plant, and this is the reason it always grows on rocks close to…

Jan 27
Thymian

Thyme and savory are two different plants. While their differences are hard to spot,…

Jan 27
Westlicher Erdbeerbaum

Strawberry trees exist in interspersed places of the island. A great number of them…

Jan 27
Meeresfenchel

From July to October, it is found almost at all the Kythera beaches. Its leaves are…

Jan 27
Rote Spornblume

It belongs to the Valerian family. It is an ornamental plant and this is why it is…

Jan 27
Granatapfelbaum

It is one of the plants that was dedicated to Aphrodite during antiquity. It is a…

Jan 27
Pinie

Pine does not belong to the old flora plants of Kythera, even though Gerard de Nerval…

Jan 27
Olive

Systematic olive cultivation started in Kythera during the English domination. Until…

Jan 27
Brennnessel

Nettle is a valuable plant. It enhances the soil where it grows. It contains enzymes,…

Jan 27
Strauch-Schneckenklee

Medick is generally the common trefoil. It is supposed to have been imported to Greece…

Jan 27
Märzblume

It is called March flower because it blossoms on March. It is found everywhere in…

Jan 27
Goldblume

It is one of the most common spring flowers which is spread all over Kythera. Its…

Jan 25
Alraune

It is a plant known since ancient times for its pharmaceutical substances. It was used…

Jan 24
Malve

A very common plant in Greece and Kythera. Plinios called it “food of the poor”. It is…

Jan 24
Rosmarin

Apart from its pharmaceutical properties and usages in cooking, rosemary is said to…

Jan 24
Wilde Möhre

I may be the ancestor of cultivated carrot. In Kythera it is particularly dispersed.…

Jan 24
Apulischer Zirmet

Dioskourides mentioned that during ancient times it was called Tordylium. It was…

Jan 23
Blasse Stockrose

Usually it is found cultivated as ornamental plant (since very long ago). It has…

Jan 23
Eisenkraut-Salbei

It is considered to be a weed even though this turfy plant has many pharmaceutical…

Jan 23
Feigenbaum

Fig tree is one of the most common trees of the country as it is developing fast and…

Jan 23
Eukalyptus

It is indigenous Australian tree. It was planted on the island at individual houses,…

Jan 22
Zypresse

Even though it is found as uncultivated, in many cases it appears as ornamental plant…

Jan 22
Krokus

Homer mentions croci for its usage as a condiment and as a coloring plant. They prefer…

Jan 22
Wegwarte

It grows along roads in wild and stony fields. It is one of the most common herbs we…

Jan 22
Kamille

Chamomile was named after its scent (land apple) and the first one to mention its…

Jan 22
Kaper

Its bud and leaves are turned to pickles and they have been used as seasoning since…

Jan 22
Borretsch

It is an one-year plant rich in potassium and nitrites which give to it numerous…

Jan 22
Lorbeer

It is a bush that under certain conditions may become a tree and in some cases it may…

Jan 20
Johanniskraut

This plant is tinctorial. Yellow pigment that exists in its flowers is water-soluble,…

Jan 20
Cardy

It is an fine snack for many people despite its difficulty in peeling. In Kythera,…

Jan 20
Armyrithra

One of the 25 indigenous medick species of Greece. It is a typical ammophilous species…

Jan 20
Apple sage

It is very characteristic aromatic and bee keeping plant of Kythera. Its leaves which…

Jan 20
Apiganos

Its scent is very intense. It was known to ancient people. Athinaios mentions that it…

Jan 20
Mandelbaum

It is very well acclimatized in Kythera and in many cases it grows alone. Even though…

Jan 20
Agriagginara

This wild artichoke with its characteristic white flower and its thorny leaves widely…