Lavandula

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Lavandula - lavender genus Lavandulaasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsfamily Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemarylavender - any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

Lavandula

lavender

39 Species with varying leaf shapes, in the mint family, so all are edible. The pretty sweet, spicy, perfumed flowers are edible. Great in sweet and savory dishes, custards, etc. For stress, headache, intestinal gas, rheumatism psoriasis. Protects fabrics and clothes from moths.

Lavandula

a genus of plants of the family Labiatae. They are herbs, subshrubs, and shrubs. There are more than 25 species, distributed mainly in the Mediterranean region. Many species of Lavandula have been used since ancient times to obtain valuable essential oils. Spike lavender (Lavandula spica), the principal source of lavender oil, is a fragrant subshrub measuring between 20 and 100 cm tall, with numerous branches rising from the base. The leaves are opposite; the young leaves have gray-tomentose pubescence. The inflorescences are interruptedly spiked, with violet or blue-violet flowers. Plants of this species are cultivated in many countries; in the USSR they are grown in the Crimea, Moldavia, Middle Asia, and the Caucasus. Essential oils are also obtained from L. latifolia and other species. The dried flowers and leaves of lavender, which retain their pleasant odor for a long time, are used to repel moths. Some species of Lavandula are ornamentals and good nectar-bearers.

REFERENCES

Efiromaslichnye kul’tury. Edited by A. A. Khotin and G. T. Shul’gin. Moscow, 1963.
Buiukli, M. V. Lavanda i ee kul’tura ν SSSR. Kishinev, 1969.

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lavender

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noun lavender

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