Medicinal Plants of Spain quiz
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Marching soldiers across Spain historically chewed which wild herb to suppress hunger?
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The Latin word meaning 'to heal' gives its name to which Mediterranean herb?
Answer: Sage
Why: Ancient Mediterranean healers considered sage so potent that a common medieval proverb asked why anyone with sage in their garden should ever die.
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Which part of the Spanish olive tree is traditionally used for blood pressure?
Answer: Leaves
Why: Olive leaves hold far more phenolics than the oil, 1,450 mg per 100 g against 23 mg per 100 ml of extra virgin oil, including bitter oleuropein.
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What sticky medicinal resin is harvested from the Spanish Rockrose plant?
Answer: Ladanum
Why: Ladanum is perfumery's amber note, standing in for whale ambergris; Spain extracts it by soaking the shrub's twigs in an alkaline solution.
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Known in Spain as hierbabuena, what refreshing herb is infused for digestive trouble?
Answer: mint
Why: Hierbabuena literally means 'good herb' in Spanish, and its leaves also flavor Cuba's mojito.
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Why is the Spanish plant Rue handled with extreme caution?
Answer: Toxicity
Why: Its sap can raise burn-like blisters on skin in sunlight, a reaction called phytophotodermatitis.
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What flavor characterizes the medicinal Spanish root Gentian?
Answer: Incredible bitterness
Why: Gentian root holds amarogentin, one of the bitterest natural compounds known: it is still tasted at a dilution of one in 58 million.
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