Monograph for Stellaria media (chickweed)

1. Introduction 2. Distribution 3. Habitat 4. Nature 5. Identification 6. Morphology 7. Usage 8. Cultivation 9. Toxicity

Section-1- General

Section-2- Scientific

1. Taxonomic position 2. Floral formula and floral diagram 3. Anatomy 4. Chemical composition 5. Pharmacological activities and clinical trials Section-3-Appendix

1. Names in different languages 2. References

WEED FOOD

FODDER

HOMEOPATHY HERBALISM

1. Edible as food: Consumed by humans since from 17th century either cooked or raw. Used in several recipes like

Nanakusa-no-sekku (symbolic dish of Japan), chik chik pate, in pesto and chickweed salad with Angelica seed dressing. [22] Famous herb forager Euell Gibbons devised several recipes by using fresh chickweed.[23] But sometime

ENGLISH: Chickweed, satinflower, passerina, adder’s mouth, starwort, star chickweed, starweed, chick wittels, stichwort, winterweed, maruns, craches. INDIA: Chickweed, safed fulki, kokoon, buch-buchaa SPAIN: Berillo, bocado de gallina FRANCE: Morgeline, mouron des oiseaux PORTUGUESE: Morugem, morugem-vulgar BRAZIL: Meragem- branca IRAQ: Kazazah ARGENTINA: Caapiqui CHILE: Quilloi quilloi DENMARK: Fugelgras FINLAND: Pihatahtimb GERMANY: Huhnerdarm, Mausedarm ITALY: Centocchio, Paperin comune JAPAN: Hakobe NETHERLANDS: Muur, Vogelmuur NORWAY: Vassarv SOUTH AFRICA: Gewone sterremur SWEDEN: Vatarv TURKEY: Serce dili

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