Plant Information
Common Name: SORREL - FRENCH SORREL - GREEN DE BELLEVILLE
Scientific Name: Rumex acetosa
N/A
R87.00
Scientific Name: Rumex acetosa
N/AR87.00
Description
- Perennial
- Sorrel De Belleville is a small French cultivar with pale-green leaves to 8cm long.
- It is a hardy, fast growing cultivar and well-proven to be productive under almost any conditions.
- Sorrel De Belleville has a powerful lemony flavour can be tamed easily by blending it with other milder ingredients.
- It needs moist soil in sun or partial shade.
- Seeds can be sown in spring and the plants can be divided in autumn or spring.
Culinary Uses
- Lemony taste
- Tenderize meat - Wrap around steak or add pounded to marinade.
- Substitute vine leaves.
- Soups, salads.
- Sandwich filling: meat, vegetable, cottage cheese
- Sauce for oily fish - acidity will counter-acts richness of the fish
Parts Used
- Leaves
Medicinal Uses. It is said that
- High in potassium, oxalic acid and vitamin C
- Diuretic and laxative
- Skin disorders, insect bites and beestings
- Anthelmintic - expel worms
The information contained within this website is for educational purposes only. This site merely recounts the traditional uses of specific plants as recorded through history. Always seek advice from a medical practitioner.
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Mountain Herb Estate, and its representatives will not be held responsible for the improper use of any plants or documentation provided. By use of this site and the information contained herein you agree to hold harmless Mountain Herb Estate, its affiliates and staff