Rosemary
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Scientific name
Salvia rosmarinus
English Name
Rosemary
Malayalam name
റോസ്മേരി
Common name
Rujamari
Description
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : grows well in sandy soil or on dry and rocky slopes near the sea in full sun
- Leaves : opposite, tufted on the branches
- Flowers : two-lipped, purplish-blue and white flowers
- Fruit : composed of 4 subglobose to obovoid nutlets
How to use
- It is used to flavour various dishes, both sweet and savoury
- Promotes hair growth : When massaged into the scalp, rosemary essential oil has been reported to accelerate the development of new hair
Uses
Antibacterial and Anti-fungal properties
Parts used
Leaves and flowers
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
Rosemary can be easily propagated from cuttings.In early to midsummer, cut 10cm pieces from new growth and strip off the bottom leaves. Put the cuttings in a pot of compost and keep them moist. They will root by autumn when they can be re-potted and grown before planting along borders in spring.
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