Pelargonium melissimum

Sweet

Lemon balm geranium

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves - flavouring

The leaves are used to flavour cakes, jellies, vinegar, butter, salad dressings and tarts.

A herb in the Geraniaceae family with lemon-scented leaves used for flavouring.

Names & Synonyms

Hybrid Pelargonium crispum & Pelargonium graveolens

References (2)

Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 118
Geraniaceae 1: t. 5. 1820