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Re: name of plant

Ranjit Singh wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> My wife wants me to grow a plant used in Indian( as in India) cooking. We
> call it "curry leaf " ,  small leaves which are put into Indian food as a
> flavour enhancer.
> 
> I don't know the botinical name and neither do the scores of Indian/Sri
> Lankan I have asked.  I would like some assistance on this one. Where do I
> start looking ? I am sure it is in some catalog, but I doubt it is called
> "curry leaf"......Thanks...Ranjit
Darn....I carry a curry plant that has a yellow floret, smells strongly
of curry, has grey leaves and is hardy here in Zone 8.  I cannot recall
the botanical name.
Aha!  Here is it....Helichrysum angustifolium.  It's highly aromatic on
warm days.  I don't beleive that it's used in the culinary area,
however.  Not that it's necessarily poisionous, but I don't know that it
has a curry flavor.  Sorry I can't ship to you.  You'll have to
immigrate.
The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
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