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Burdock
Root
[also Gobo, Bardana, Beggar's Buttons, Burr, Burr Seed, Burrseed, Clod-bur,
Clot Bur, Clot-bur, Clotbur, Clotburr, Clothburr, Cocklebur, Cockleburr,
Cockle Buttons, Cockle-Button, Fox's Clote, Grass Burdock, Great Burdock,
Greater Burdock, Happy Major, Happy-Major, Hardock, Harebur, Hareburr,
Hare-Lock, Hurrburr, Lappa, Lappa Minor, Loppy-major, Lopuh, Love Leaves,
Niu Bang Zi, Personata, Philanthropium, Repeinik, Thorny Burr, Touch-me-not,
Turkey Burrseed, Turkey-Bur]
(Arctium lappa)
Family: Compositae
Belongs to the thistle group of the Compositae family, and Burdock was
a traditional medicinal herb. The long, tapering root of the Burdock
plant is cultivated and known in Japan as Gobo as a food plant. The
root is shredded or peeled and cut into cylinders, and included in a
variety of dishes from sushi to soup. Fresh roots have a rough dark
grey exterior, and are the main part of the plant used for food. Sometimes
used as a tea in China.
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