Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
291 German Chamomile Whole Oil (Food) The whole plant yields an essential oil which is sparingly used as a flavouring agent in liquors, particularly of the French type, and in confections, desserts, jellies, ice cream, candy, baked goods and chewing gum. 7,432
292 German Chamomile Whole Industrial The whole plant yields an essential oil which it is also used in perfumes, where it imparts pleasing and warm tonalities, and in shampoos, hair dyes and other cosmetics. 7,432
293 Lady's Thistle Flower Food Flower buds can be cooked. A globe artichoke substitute, they are used before the flowers open. The flavour is mild and acceptable, but the buds are quite small and even more fiddly to use than globe artichokes. 7,438
294 Lady's Thistle Leaf Food Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. The very sharp leaf-spines must be removed first, which is quite a fiddly operation. The leaves are quite thick and have a mild flavour when young, at this time they are quite an acceptable ingredient of mixed salads. 7,438
295 Lady's Thistle Seed Oil (Food) A good quality oil is obtained from the seeds. 7,438
296 Lady's Thistle Seed Beverages The roasted seed is a coffee substitute. 7,438
297 Lady's Thistle Whole Medicinal Recent research has confirmed that it has a remarkable ability to protect the liver from damage resulting from alcoholic and other types of poisoning. The whole plant is astringent, bitter, cholagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, emmenagogue, hepatic, stimulant, stomachic and tonic. 7,438
298 Red Tasselflower Leaf Food The use of emilia as a vegetable is reported from the whole of South-East Asia (with the exception of Papua New Guinea), and also from some other parts of the world (West Africa). 7,440
299 Red Tasselflower Whole Medicinal The plant has many medicinal applications. It is administered internally against fever, coughs and diarrhoea, as well as externally as a poultice for sores and swellings, drops for dim eyes and sore ears. 7,440
300 Safflower Seed Oil (Food) The edible oil extracted from the seed is now the main product of safflower. Although the oil is suitable for paint production, it is used almost exclusively in cooking, making salad dressings and margarine. 7,442
301 Safflower Flower Industrial Safflower has long been grown for the dye extracted from the florets. Depending on the dyeing procedure and the addition of other colourants and mordants, it imparts a yellow, red, brown or purple colour to cloth. 7,442
302 Safflower Seed Feed (Forage/Fodder) The seed cake can be used as animal feed. Increased protein and lysine content, reduced fibre content and the removal of the bitter principle matairesinol monoglucoside make safflower meal more attractive to stock feed manufacturers. 7,442
303 Safflower Seed Food Safflower meal and flour from decorticated seeds are high-protein human diet supplements. The flour can be added to wheat flour to make breads and pies. 7,442
304 Safflower Leaf Food In Asian countries, the young leaves are eaten as a vegetable. 7,442
305 Safflower Forage (dry) Feed (Forage/Fodder) Safflower herbage is valuable as green fodder or stored as hay or silage. 7,442
306 Safflower Flower Medicinal In China, the flowers are used to treat illnesses such as cerebral thrombosis, male sterility, rheumatism and bronchitis, to induce labour and as a tonic tea to invigorate blood circulation and the heart. Safflower-based medicines also show beneficial effect on pain and swelling associated with trauma. 7,442
307 Bachelor's Button Flower Food Flowers can be eaten raw or cooked. The fresh florets can be used in salads. They are used as a vegetable or a garnish. An edible blue dye is obtained from the flowers, used for colouring sugar and confections. 7,444
308 Bachelor's Button Whole Medicinal Cornflower has a long history of herbal use, though it is seldom employed nowadays. In France it is still used as a remedy for tired eyes, but opinions differ as to its efficacy. An infusion can be used in the treatment of dropsy, constipation, or as a mouthwash for ulcers and bleeding gums. 7,444
309 Bachelor's Button Flower Industrial A blue ink and a dye is obtained from the petals mixed with alum-water. The dye gives a lovely colour to linen, but it is transient. The dried petals are used in pot-pourri in order to add colour. 7,444
310 Bachelor's Button Flower Ornamental Grown as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a cutflower in Canada for florists. 7,444