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Common Name: SORREL - COMMON
Scientific Name: Rumex acetosa
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Description:
  • Perennial
Culinary Uses:
  • Lemon taste
  • Tenderize meat - Wrap around steak or add pounded to marinade.
  • Substitute vine leaves.
  • Soups, salads.
  • Sandwich filling: meat, vegetable, cottage cheese
  • Sauce for oily fish - acidity will counter-acts richness of the fish
Parts Used:
  • Leaves
Medicinal Uses. It is said that:
  • High in potassium, oxalic acid and vitamin C
  • Diuretic and laxative
  • Skin disorders, insect bites and beestings
  • Anthelmintic - expel worms

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