What is Angelica?

The herb is a plant whose leaves, seeds or flowers are used to flavor food or in medicine. Other uses of herbs include cosmetics, dyes and perfumes. The name comes from the Latin word Herba , which means "green crops". Angelica Archangelica , usually called simply Angelica or Garden Angelica, but also known as a wild celery, is a member of the Apiaceae or Petrželka family, along with anise, trunk, carrots, cumin, hill and phenylo. Other varieties include Angelica atropurpurea , known as American Angelica and Purple Angelica. The herb was also considered to be protection against plague. His name is explained by some as derived from the fact that Michael Archangel's old style blossomed on 8 May. Usually it reaches two to three feet (60 to 90 cm) in the first year and in the second year sends a stem of a flower six to eight feet (2 to 2.4 m), which sometimes reaches up to ten feet (3 m). It occurs in the wilderness and cultivated formCH and in June until August, greenish white flowers bloom.

horticulture. Angelica prefers damp soil with the sun or partial shadow in the heat of the day. It can be deployed or you can plant seeds in autumn or seedlings in spring. It is best in well -drained soil with lots of water. Reduce the stems when they are young to become hard.

food and other use. roots, stems, leaves and flowers of angelica are edible. The taste is described as sweet and then bitter stems are run for use as confectionery and in fact their primary use includes a candied strain as confectionery. In southern Spain southwest France, there is a tradition of wood carving Angelica.

Angelica leaves are used in fruit meals, soups, stew and fish and poultry. Essential Angelica oil found in roots and seeds is used in commercial liqueurRech - it is a component in absinthe - as in ice creams and candies. It is also used in perfumes and medicine.