Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana, Mallow, Blue

Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana, Mallow, Blue

Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana         

Mallow, Blue

sorts and variety
‚Dunkelviolette‘
graceful and robust variety with many flowers
drug

flowers (Malvae flos), leaves (Malvae folium)

most important active substances

musilages (6-8%), in the flowers anthocyan - glycosid malvin,

most important usages

irritations of the oral and pharyngeal mucosa; dry irritable coughs; for bronchial catarrh; used in the past as a dye

Recommendations for cultivation

Weight per thousand seeds grains: 8,0 g

Seed demand for drilling: april 6 – 8 kg /ha

Distance between the rows: 50 cm

harvest: flower and herb in the flowering time