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This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring . This list does not contain fictional plants such as aglaophotis , or recreational drugs such as tobacco .
Scientific name Flavor Color Common name Abelmoschus esculentus: Vegetal: Medium-yellow: Okra Anthriscus cerefolium: Herbal: White: Chervil Asparagus officinalis
This page is a sortable table of plants used as herbs and/or spices.This includes plants used as seasoning agents in foods or beverages (including teas), plants used for herbal medicine, and plants used as incense or similar ingested or partially ingested ritual components.
They are versatile in both savory and some sweet dishes. Examples of popular herbs include basil, mint, parsley, cilantro, and rosemary, all of which enhance the flavor profile of a dish with their fresh, fragrant qualities. Spices – Spices, on the other hand, are derived from other parts of the plant, such as seeds, roots, bark, or flowers ...
Common name Binomial name Distribution Edible parts and uses Ref. Juneberry: Amelanchier lamarckii: Naturalized in Western Europe: Berries (in June), edible raw [2] Barberry: Berberis vulgaris: Europe, North America, northwest Africa, western Asia: Berries (from July), edible raw, dried as a spice or cooked as a jelly [3] Sweet chestnut ...
Australian herbs and spices are generally dried and ground to produce a powdered or flaked spice, either used as a single ingredient or in blends. They were used to a limited extent by colonists in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some extracts were used as flavouring during the 20th century.
Although toxic, was used historically in Italy by women to enlarge their pupils, as well as a sedative, among other uses. The name itself means "beautiful woman" in Italian. [27]. Azadirachta indica: Neem: Used in India to treat worms, malaria, rheumatism and skin infections among many other things. Its many uses have led to neem being called ...
The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as larger formal and informal botanical categories which include at least some domesticated individuals. Plants in this list are grouped by the original or primary purpose for which they were domesticated, and subsequently by botanical or culinary categories.