Galium odoratum
Galium odoratum
(L.) Scop.
| Ordre | Gentianales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Rubiaceae |
| Genre | Galium |
2n = 44
Origine : Europe, Caucase
sauvage
| Français | aspérule odorante |
|---|---|
| Anglais | sweet woodruff |
- arôme alimentaire (bière, vin...)
- médicinal
- insectifuge
Description
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milieu
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fleurs
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fruits
Noms populaires
| français | aspérule odorante, petit muguet, reine des bois |
| anglais | sweet woodruff |
| allemand | Waldmeister |
| néerlandais | lievewrouwebedstro |
| italien | stellina odorosa, regina dei boschi |
| espagnol | aspérula, hierba de las siete sangrías, reina de los bosques |
| portugais | aspérula, rainha do bosque |
- Voir les noms de la Flore populaire d'Eugène Rolland
Classification
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. (1771)
synonyme :
- Asperula odorata L. (1753)
Cultivars
Histoire
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Sturm, 1796. Deutschlands Flora.
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Lindman, 1917-26, Bilder ur Nordens Flora.
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Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie, 1904. Les plantes potagères.
Usages
- Voir les Plantes potagères de Vilmorin (1904)
- Voir les Plantes médicinales de Cazin (1868)
Asperula odorata Linn. Rubiaceae. WOODROOF. Europe and the adjoining portions of Asia. The flowers are sweet-scented. The herbage is not fragrant when fresh but, after being gathered for a short time, it gives out the perfume of new hay and retains this property for years. In Germany, woodroof is used for imparting a flavor to some of the Rhine wines. In England, it is cultivated occasionally as a garden herb, being used for flavoring cooling drinks. Its seed is advertised in American garden catalogs. Woodroof will thrive in the shade of most trees and grows in all kinds of garden soil.
As medicine (Herba asperulae odoratae) and spice plant cultivated in gardens or in semi-cultivation in forests. - The coumarin containing herbage is also used as spice for wine (may-wine) and desserts. Commercial use in some countries forbidden or restricted. Wild distribution: N and Central Europe, southern to the mountains of Italy and of the Balkan peninsula (to Thessalia), W Siberia, N Africa.
Références
- Chauvet, Michel, 2018. Encyclopédie des plantes alimentaires. Paris, Belin. 880 p. (p. 643)
- Heeger, E. F. - Handbuch des Arznei- und Gewürzpflanzenbaues: Drogengewinnung. Deutscher Bauernverlag Berlin 1956: 775 p.
- Hegi, G. - Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa., Ed. 1 IV (3) 1924.