Atriplex hortensis
Atriplex hortensis
| Order | [[]] |
|---|---|
| Family | [[]] |
| Genus | Atriplex |
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Origin : area of origin
wild or cultivated
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Atriplex hortensis Linn. BUTTER LEAVES. MOUNTAIN SPINACH. ORACH. Cosmopolitan. Orach has long been used as a kitchen vegetable in Europe. It was known to the ancient Greeks under the name of atraphaxis and Dioscorides writes that it was eaten boiled. It was known to the Romans under the name of atriplex. Orach was introduced into English gardens in 1548 and was long used, as it still is, in many countries to correct the acidity and the green color of sorrel. It is grown in three varieties. [1]
Orach was known to Turner [2] in England in 1538, who calls it areche, or red oreche. In 1686, Ray [3] mentions the white and red, as mentioned by Gerarde [4] in 1597. In 1623, Bauhin [5] mentions the red, the white and the dark green. In 1806, three kinds are named by McMahon [6] as in American gardens.