Sjemenarstvo, Vol. 21 No. 5-6, 2004.
Professional paper
WORMWOOD (Artemisia absinthium L.)
Ivan Kolak
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Klaudija Carović
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zlatko Šatović
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ilija Rozić
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilište u Mostaru
Abstract
Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.) is a perennial plant and it has been used as a medicinal plant more than 3000 years. In our country it grows in a spontaneous populations, but as a spontaneous or cultivated plant it is distributed througout Europe, Asia and Northen America.
The paper reviews the most important biological characteristics of
wormwood, its chemical caracteristics as well as cultivation methods.
Keywords
wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.); culinary herb; medicinal plant
Hrčak ID:
167990
URI
Publication date:
29.7.2004.
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