Article Nº 0568 Plant Vol. I · p. 320
Borage (Borago officinalis)
Original title: Borragem (Borago officinalis)
Borage, a European medicinal plant cultivated and naturalised in several Madeiran parishes.
An emollient, sudorific and diuretic plant, cultivated and naturalised in São Martinho, São Roque, Caniço, etc. This member of the Boraginaceae, native to Europe, is recognisable by its large blue or white flowers, which eventually droop, and by its hirsute leaves with coarse hairs.
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