Borage

Borage
	Borage flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	(unplaced)
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Borago
Species:	B. officinalis
Binomial name
	Borago officinalis; L.

Borage, also known as starflower, is an annual herb.^[1] The flowers are perfect with five narrow, triangular-pointed petals. Flowers are most often blue in color, although pink flowers are sometimes examined. White flowered types are also grown.

Cooking

As a fresh vegetable, borage, with a cucumber like taste, is often used in salads or as a garnish.^[2] The flower, which has the non-toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid thesinine, has a sweet honey-like taste and as one of the few truly blue-colored eatable things, is often used to decorate dessert.^[3]

References

↑ Donald G. Barceloux (2008). Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants, and Venomous Animals (Hardcover ed.). Wiley. p. 397. ISBN 978-0471727613.
↑ "Borage". Encyclopedia of spices. The Epicentre. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
↑ "Borage Wildflower Finder". Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2011-03-23.

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[1] Donald G. Barceloux (2008). Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants, and Venomous Animals (Hardcover ed.). Wiley. p. 397. ISBN 978-0471727613.

[encyclopedia-of-spices-2] "Borage". Encyclopedia of spices. The Epicentre. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

[3] "Borage Wildflower Finder". Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2011-03-23.

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