botanical record · discovered
Borage
Borago officinalis
Borage · Beebread · Beeplant · Talewort · Almindelig hjulkrone · Armeniskt björnbär · Bara Gwenyn · Bernagie · Blodau Baill · Boraja · Boražina · Boretsch · Borragem · Borraggine comune · Borragine · Borragine comune · Borraina
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Spain, US, Haiti, Turkey, Chile, Mexico, France, Dominican Republic
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Corn, Cyanogenetic, Diuretic, Emollient
Science studied: ALKALOIDS, ASCORBIC-ACID, CARBOHYDRATES, BETA-CAROTENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Boraginaceae
Scientific name: Borago officinalis
Common names: Borage, Beebread, Beeplant, Talewort, Almindelig hjulkrone, Armeniskt björnbär, Bara Gwenyn, Bernagie, Blodau Baill, Boraja, Boražina, Boretsch, Borragem, Borraggine comune, Borragine, Borragine comune, Borraina
History
The source record documents this plant in Spain, US, Haiti, Turkey, Elsewhere, Chile, Mexico, France and 2 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Corn
- Cyanogenetic
- Diuretic
- Emollient
- Fever
- Laxative
- Nervine
- Sudorific
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- Tumor
- Depurative
- Spasm
- Diaphoretic
- Febrifuge
- Pectoral
- Urogenital
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Spain
- US
- Haiti
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Chile
- Mexico
- France
- Dominican Republic
- Sicily
Documented cultural uses
- Corn
- Cyanogenetic
- Diuretic
- Emollient
- Fever
- Laxative
- Nervine
- Sudorific
- Tumor
- Depurative
- Spasm
- Diaphoretic
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- Febrifuge
- Pectoral
- Urogenital
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALKALOIDS
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHOLINE
- FAT
- GALACTOSE
- GLUCOSE
- HYDROXYPROLINE
- IRON
- LACTIC-ACID
- LYCOPSAMINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MALIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
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- PROTEIN
- RESIN
- SILICIC-ACID
- SODIUM
- SUPININE
- THIAMIN
- WATER
- TANNIN
- ROSMARINIC-ACID
- ZINC
- AMABILINE
- CALCIUM
- COBALT
- INTERMEDINE
- GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- MUCILAGE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SUPININE-VIRIDIFLORATE
- ALLANTOIN
- ALANINE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BORAGO-TRIACYLGLYCEROLS
- CYANIDIN
- CYNAUSTINE
- DELPHINIDIN
- FRUCTOSE
- GLYCINE
- ACETYLINTERMEDINE
- KAEMPFEROL
- LEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- ACETYLLYCOPSAMINE
- OCTADECA-6,9,12,15-TETRAENOIC-ACID
- OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID
- OCTADECATETRA-6,9,12,15-ENOIC-ACID
- OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID
- OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- QUERCETIN
- SERINE
- STEARIC-ACID
- STERIDONIC-ACID
- THESININE
- VALINE
- PYRROLIZIDINES
- FIBER
- ACETIC-ACID
- ARABINOSE
- CYANOGENS
- DHURRIN
- ERUCIC-ACID
- HCN
- MUFA
- NIACIN
- PUFA
- SAPONINS
- SFA
- SUPINIDINE?
- 7-ACETYL-INTERMEDINE
- 7-ACETYL-LYCOPSAMINE
- (-)-BORNESITOL
- LINOLENIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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