Evening Primrose - Kahikatea Farm Certified Organic Nursery and Permaculture Farm

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Oenothera lamarckiana
Herb mainly known for its medicinal properties, but all parts are edible. The young roots have a peppery flavour and can be eaten raw or cooked like potatoes. Young shoots and leaves can be used in salads or cooked like spinach or in soups, and contain health-giving flavonoids, mucilages, tannins and sugars. Young flowering stems can be peeled and then eaten raw, fried or pickled, and the flowers themselves can be used in green or fruit salads. The seeds are a rich source of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA).

Evening primrose has been used in alternative medicine to treat nerve damage caused by diabetes, osteoporosis, asthma, eczema, attention deficit- hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), hepatitis B, high cholesterol, liver cancer, breast pain, obesity, menopausal hot flashes and night sweat...