Abc-Herb

An original crop with broad, lance-shaped leaves and a yellow spherical inflorescence. Description: Piquant taste and spicy like pepper. The leaves of this popular vegetable (in Madagascar and around the entire Indian Ocean) are, for example, suitable in spicy salads with arugula and coriander leaves. A good tip (from experience!) for healing chronically dry eyes (e.g., after eye surgery) is to use the faded flower buds and take a very small piece of one. Chew this whole piece; your eyes will be activated for days. (If you take a whole bud, you'll have quite an overdose and a numb mouth for a few minutes). Sow in mid-May and transplant at 40 cm in late June. Koppert has also discovered this variety and describes it as follows: Provides a very surprising taste that comes out tingling, peppery and spicy. Initially appears young and green, then transitions to stimulating. Adds a surprise element to amuse-bouches. (Source: www.saisonnier.net)

Names:
Latin: Spilanthes oleracea, or also Acmella oleracea
Dutch: Abc-Kruid
Also known as: Paracress or Champagne leaf
English: Sechuan Button