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Salvia fruticosa Mill.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Herbal tea
Blooming period
March to June
Foraging period
March to May
Seed collection period
May to September
Potential medicinal uses
  • Anti-catarrhal
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Anti-spasmodic
  • Aromatic
  • Carminative
  • Emmenagogue
  • Hepatic
  • Tonic

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Light purple
Leaf type
  • Dissected
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Salvia
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q864698
GBIF Item
Salvia fruticosa Mill. (6412283)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Salvia fruticosa Mill. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-23.
  2. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  3. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  4. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  5. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
  6. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  7. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.
  8. Dallman, Peter R. Plant Life in the World’s Mediterranean Climates: California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin. University of California Press, 1998.
  9. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،مخول، س.(1999).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الثانية).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Salvia fruticosa Mill. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/622 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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