Showing Food Epazote
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| Name | Epazote | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Dysphania ambrosioides | ||||||||||
| Description | Epazote, wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, Paico or Herba Sancti Mariæ (Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides) is an herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico. Epazote is used as a leaf vegetable, an herb and an herbal tea for its pungent flavor. Raw, it has a resinous, medicinal pungency, similar to anise, fennel, or even tarragon, but stronger. Epazote's fragrance is strong but difficult to describe. A common analogy is to turpentine or creosote. It has also been compared to citrus, savory, or mint. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00552 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Herbs and Spices | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Herbs | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Caryophyllales | ||||||||||
| Family | Chenopodiaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Dysphania | ||||||||||
| Species | ambrosioides | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 822812 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Epazote | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||