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CUBAN OREGANO TROPICAL CULINARY HERBAL SPICE

$ 5.28

Availability: 10 in stock
  • Plant Characteristic: Dwarf
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: New
  • Plant Form: Cutting
  • Sunlight: Partial Shade
  • Brand: Live plant
  • Food Specifications: TROPICAL SPICE
  • Plant Type: Succulent Herb
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Common Name: Cuban oregano or soup mint
  • Product: COOKING SPICE
  • Type: Herbs
  • Climate: Sub-tropical
  • Genus: PLECTANTHUS AMBOINICUS

    Description

    This exotic edible spice is not easy to find as a live plant. There are many varieties, but this thick leaved form is very hardy and easy to grow. It is also a very decorative plant, with thick ruffled leaves and spikes of blue mint flowers. When used in a kitchen garden, it will perfume and purify the air.
    While it is grown as an ornamental succulent, it is widely used in tropical recipes. It is commonly used in soups, as a part of stuffings for meat, poultry, fish, and as a substitute for oregano.
    The mint-like odor is very versatile. Among its non-culinary uses are aromatherapy, scenting of clothes and laundry, and as a mosquito repellent,
    It has many names: Plectranthus amboinicus or Coleus amboinicus, since the first plants were described from Indonesia.
    Common and cookbook names include Indian or Mexican mint, French thyme, Cuban oregano, country borage, soup mint, Spanish thyme, etc.
    We are selling cuttings. It has been grown hard in full sun in southern California. In a pot, it will branch and grow as a cluster which will continue to add heads. Cuttings root quickly in moist rich soil.
    We are selling 4 (four) large cuttings of this uncommon herb for .00
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