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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
All pansies came from the original Heartsease (Viola tricolour) It has three colours and these are the only ones found in modern pansies (before genetic engineering)
According to the "cyclotide" buffs all Violas-the whole botanical family- contain cyclotides. Probably in the flowers and leaves of Pansy But contained in the roots of Viola hederacea (Australian Native Violet)
Chop up the pansies & put them in your salad (they have a slighty slimy texture but taste OK)
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Ok, point #1) would the Pansies I buy at the Nursery be a natural Pansy with cyclotides? (tri-colored, from yellow center, white to purple?) or would they be genetically engineered?
Would that matter?
point #2) African Violets I grow some too, But they are
not actually from the pansy family , correct??
I know more about Medicinal Herbs than I do Medicinal Flowers
#3) The type of pansy I want, and the type of Pansy I can buy/grow here should be
viola hederacea, the Australian native?
Aren't Pansies pretty damn common and easy to grow??
YES!
I've been planting pansies for my grandma for years now in her garden...
It just seems too easy a plant/flower...
Never realizing that what she thought was just pretty, had these Cyclotides in it!
WOW!!
Thanks m
