Even though it is found as uncultivated, in many cases it appears as ornamental plant in gardens and fields where it is used as windbreak and also in cemeteries as it happens all over Greece. Boiled cypress cones and lentisk tufts in water after shampooing is a folk medicine against hair loss.
Nombre científico: Cupressus sempervirens
Cueillette: Cupressaceae
Kythera Nombre: Kyparissi
Nombre en otros lugares de Grecia: Kyparissi
Colección: Cypress cones are collected when they are still green and they are used to make drinks. Tree branches are also useful.
Propiedades: Cypress cone drink stops hair loss if it is taken after frequent shampooing and it scent extinguishes insects like mosquitoes and flies.
