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westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 21, 2009
02:35 AM Post #6971343
| Hi everyone,
Could someone please tell me what are the culinary and medicinal uses for pineapple sage. i have one, but i don't know any of its uses.
Thanks!
westraad
P.S. i am posting a picture, just so you can make sure its pineapple sage.
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
August 21, 2009
02:44 AM Post #6971347
| The properties are aromatic and tonic.
It is good for culinary uses as well. The flowers are delicious! |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 21, 2009
02:47 AM Post #6971350
| so can you make a tea from the leaves?
and if the flowers are delicious, could you use them in a tropical fruit salad? |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
August 21, 2009
03:10 AM Post #6971360
| Oh yes! The young leaves are good in salads too. Leaves can be added fresh or dried to meat, poultry, and fish. |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 21, 2009
10:54 AM Post #6972096
| Thank you, Metros!
i have heard that sage is good for tonsillitus, does that include pineapple sage? i often have trouble with my tonsils.
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
August 21, 2009
12:31 PM Post #6972501
| Hi Westraad, I can't find any reference that says it's good for that. |
goofybulb
El Paso, TX
(Zone 8a)
August 21, 2009
12:50 PM Post #6972573
| Hey, westraad!
I found it on a chilean webpage mentioned Salvia officinalis for ailments of the neck (gargantua? I don't speak Spanish, but I understand some...), among other uses: digestive, cicatrization of skin wounds, etc
http://www.mundonuevo.cl/areas/Areas_Tematicas/Terapias_Natu... |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 21, 2009
02:22 PM Post #6972929
| thanks, guys.
and i think the flowers might make a better garnish than cockatoo feathers! |
CherokeeGreg
Fresno, CA
(Zone 9a)
August 21, 2009
02:27 PM Post #6972951
| I found this about the sage
Medicinal use
Pineapple sage is extensively used in Mexican traditional medicine, especially for the treatment of anxiety. Although scientific information about these medicinal properties is scarce, a preliminary study on mice found support for the plant potentially having antidepressant and anti-anxiety properties
That is a good picture I never had my to bloom yet.
Thanks for posting
Greg |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 22, 2009
01:47 AM Post #6975017
| Mine is almost constantly blooming. does it require pruning after it flowers? |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
August 22, 2009
02:11 AM Post #6975052
| Yes, cut the stems back to the first set of leaf shoots (branches) that haven't flowered. |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 22, 2009
02:16 AM Post #6975061
| Ok, thanks metro! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
August 22, 2009
03:16 AM Post #6975093
| E komo mai! Your very welcome Westraad!
Please call me Dave.
Aloha, Dave! |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 22, 2009
10:17 AM Post #6975659
| Allright then, Dave! you call me Isaac, thats my first name.
Isaac |
andymaycen
Vista, CA
August 22, 2009
01:56 PM Post #6976256
| Hi,
The Salvia in the photo above is not Salvia elegans commonly known as Pineapple Sage. I believe you have one of the many cultivars of either Salvia microphylla or greggii or one their crosses.
Andy |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 22, 2009
02:13 PM Post #6976304
| Oh, ok. at the nursery they told me its pineapple sage, but they could have been wrong. now i know! thanks Andy. |
ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
August 22, 2009
09:38 PM Post #6977591
| That would be easy to check. The microphylla and the greggii smell sort of stinky (to me) when you touch them. Pineapple sage smells and tastes like pineapple. |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 23, 2009
03:09 AM Post #6978395
| in that case, it must be pineapple sage, mine has a strong pineapple smell!
Isaac
This message was edited Aug 23, 2009 3:11 AM |
andymaycen
Vista, CA
August 23, 2009
01:17 PM Post #6979591
| Hi,
There are a few cultivars of S. microphylla that have a bit of a pineapple aroma, though the picture in question is definitely not S. elegans.
Andy |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 26, 2009
03:25 AM Post #6989324
| does S. Microphylla have the same uses as S. Elegans? |
CherokeeGreg
Fresno, CA
(Zone 9a)
September 29, 2009
11:42 AM Post #7116383
| Mine finally started blooming. |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
September 29, 2009
12:47 PM Post #7116591
| Thats great, Greg! could you maybe post a picture?
Mine is still doing well, and has been blooming right up until now.
Isaac |
CherokeeGreg
Fresno, CA
(Zone 9a)
September 30, 2009
12:56 PM Post #7120101
| Mine is finally blooming. Its great !!!!!!!
Greg |
