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===Growth form:===
Flowering plant, also known as "starflower"

===General habitat: ===
Temperate and mild climates

===Uses: ===
'''Edible:''' With a taste comparable to that of cucumber, borage has various culinary applications. The leaves can be used as a salad green and the flowers as edible decorations. This herb can be used in soups, salads, borage-citronade, borage jelly, various sauces, cooked as a stand-alone vegetable, or used in desserts in the form of fresh or candied flowers.

'''Medicinal:''' 
*Stimulates breast milk production
*Pressed seed oil can be used for menstrual and irritable bowel problems, eczema, blood pressure, arthritis, and hangover.
*A leaf and flower infusion is a tonic for stress, depression, or cortisone and steroid treatment. 
*Infusion is [[Febrifuge]], and helps with dry coughs and dry skin rashes

===Outside Info: ===
'''Harpers:''' The flowers produce a nice pure blue for paints.

===Additional Info<ref name="Exp">Expanded information refers to
information that was added to this wiki post Meani</ref>===

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[[Category: Febrifuge]]
[[Category: Flora]]
[[Category: Food]]
[[Category: Harpers]]
[[Category: Harper Craft]]
[[Category: Medicinal Herb]]