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Borago officinalis L.
Engl.: borage, beebread, burrage, star-flower, talewort.
Deu.: Borretsch, Einjähriger Boretsch, Boretsch, Gurkenkraut.
Fran.: bourrache, bourreche.
Sven.: gurkört, borag, stofferblomma.
Suom.: purasruoho, kurkkuyrtti.
Ital.: borragine.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
Classic texts: Salmon 1710.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Herbal articles: Pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Culinary herbfaq: single herbs.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Archives: Best of the Herbal Forums: 02.1994.
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