MARINE HINOJO (crithmum maritimum)

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	MARINE HINOJO
	*crithmum maritimum*

Name
MARINE HINOJO

Scientific Name
crithmum maritimum

MARINE HINOJO

Family: Umbelíferas.

Description Plants: herbaceous provided with rizoma crawling and flexuoso, little graft stem, fluted, of green color glauco. The leaves are fleshy, alternating, envainantes, bi or tripinnatosectas, with acute segementos. The apicales leaves are pinnadas. The inflorescencia is arranged in umbela with numerous radii, that maintain small umbelas as well. Invólucro is formed by bracteolas brácteas and. The flowers are pentapétalas, of greenish color. The fruit is formed by diaquenio elipsoidal, green, with longitudinal, resiníferas ribs. It reaches a height of more than half meter. He is frequent on rocks and pedregales of the coast, on the walls, in places little frequented.

Used parts: The extremities.

Composed chemical: Essence, pectina, vitamins, sulphates, acetic acid.

Properties: Carminativa, purifying, digestive, antiescorbútica.

Way of use: Infusion, juice, tincture, essence, enolito, syrup.

Note: The leaves of hinojo sailor are conserved in vinegar. The essence very is perfumed and it is used in perfumería, in addition to his pharmaceutical uses and culinario; it contains pineno, eugenol, carvacrol, dilapiol. Some drops of essence added to foods favor their digestion.

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