Echium angustifolium

Mill.

Meloua, Melissotrofiko

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flower nectar

The flower nectar is eaten, especially by children.

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

Cyprus, Mediterranean,

Countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Malta, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey

A Mediterranean herb in the Boraginaceae family.

The flower nectar is eaten especially by children.

References (1)

Della, A., et al, 2006, An ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants of Paphos and Larnaca countryside of Cyprus. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 2:34