Categoria: Le piante officinali di Citera

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Wild lavender

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

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Wild celery (Alexanders)

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

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Capelvenere

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

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Timo

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

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Corbezzolo

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

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Finocchio marino

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

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Valeriana rossa

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

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Melograno

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

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Pino

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

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Olivo

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

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Ortica

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

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Erba medica

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

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Martolùludo

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

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Crisantemo giallo

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

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Mandragola autunnale

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

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Malva selvatica

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

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Rosmarino

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

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Carota selvatica

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

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Erba fragola

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

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Alcea pallida

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

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Salvia minore

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

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Fico

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

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Eucalipto

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

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Cipresso

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

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Zafferano

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

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Radicchio

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

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Camomilla

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

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Cappero

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

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Boragina

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

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Alloro

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

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Erba di San Giovanni, Iperico

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

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Agghinara

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

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Armyrithra

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

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Apple sage

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

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Apiganos

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

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Mandorlo

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

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Agriagginara

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