Asteraceae

• Uses: Culinary use of paracress is today restricted to tropical Brazil, particularly the provinces Acre, Amazonas, Pará and Ceará, where the herb is much used in the cooking styles of the indigenous peoples. There, the strach-containing tubers of manioc is a staple, and since that vegetable has a quite bland taste, it is often flavoured with potent spices. For this purpuse, paracress is often used; the leaves are used fresh, added as a whole and eaten as an additional source of vitamins (and flavour).

Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}
Click on thumbnails to enlarge

Accession Data:

• Accession # 200700052
• Source: Jardin Botanique De La Gacilly 2007 Index Seminum
• Accession Date: 03-19-2007
• Bench: 6602 - BPB:6600:Bench 2
• Qty: 4 confirmed on 11-03-2011

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: euasterid II
• Order: Asterales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Asteraceae
• SubFamily:
• Tribe:
• SubTribe:

References:

• A brief article on Spilanthes
• Gernot Katzer's Spice Dictionary - last visited on 27 November 2009
• An article from All Things Considered on NPR.org

page generated on Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:50:54 -0500