Borago officinalis

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Internal ID	UUID64400d757c0fb435590241
Scientific name	Borago officinalis
Authority	L.
First published in	Sp. Pl. : 137 (1753)

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Borago advena	Gilib.	Fl. Lithuan. Suppl. 272.
Borago aspera	Gilib.	Fl. Lithuan. i. 25.
Borago hortensis	L.	Fl. Angl. : 12 (1754)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	common borage
English	starflower
English	borage
Spanish	corrago
Spanish	borraja
Afrikaans	komkommerkruid
an	borraina
Arabic	حمحم مخزني
Arabic	لسان الثور
Arabic	بورج الشائع
Azerbaijani	dərman göyzabanı
azb	سیغیر دیلی
Belarusian	Агурочная трава
Belarusian	Бурачнік
Belarusian	Агурочнік лекавы
Bulgarian	пореч
Catalan	echium amoenum
Catalan	borraina
Catalan	borraixa
Catalan	borratges
Catalan	pa i peixet
Catalan	borratja
co	frìsgiula
Czech	brutnák lékařský
cv	Хăяр курăкĕ
Welsh	tafod yr ych
Danish	almindelig hjulkrone
German	borretsch
German	borretschöl
German	blauhimmelstern
German	gurkenkönig
German	kukumerkraut
German	gurkenkraut
diq	gelzun
Greek	Πουράτζινα
Greek	Μπουράντζο
Estonian	harilik kurgirohi
Basque	borraja
Persian	گل گاوزبان
Persian	گل گاو زبان
Persian	گاوزبان
Finnish	kurkkuyrtti
Finnish	purasruoho
Finnish	rohtopurasruoho
French	bourrache officinale
French	bourrache
Irish	borráiste gorm
Galician	borraxe
Hindi	बोरेज
Croatian	boražina
Upper Sorbian	poklate zelo
Upper Sorbian	wudrowa kwětka
Upper Sorbian	prawy wódrak
Hungarian	borágó
Armenian	Գաղտրիկ դեղատու
Indonesian	barnasi
io	boracho
Icelandic	hjólkróna
Italian	borragine
Japanese	ルリジサ
Japanese	ボリジ
Japanese	ポリジ
Japanese	ポリジー
Japanese	ルリヂサ
Japanese	ルリヂシャ
Georgian	კიტრისუნა
Kabyle	tirizwa
Korean	보리지
Cornish	taves ki
lb	borretsch
lij	borraxe
Lithuanian	vaistinės aguklės
Lithuanian	vaistinė agurklė
Latvian	gurķene
Latvian	gurķumētra
Latvian	ārstniecības gurķene
Macedonian	Лисичинка
Malayalam	ബോറേജ്
mt	fidloqqom
nap	vërruáin
Norwegian Bokmål	agurkurt
Dutch	bernagie
Dutch	borage
Dutch	bernagieolie
Dutch	borageolie
Dutch	komkommerkruid
os	Джитъригæрдæг
pcd	lan·we-éd-buë
pcd	borache
Polish	ogórecznik lekarski
Portuguese	borragem
Quechua	qipuncha
Romanian	limba mielului
Russian	Огуречная трава
Russian	Бурачник
Russian	Бораго
Russian	Бурачник лекарственный
Russian	Огуречник
scn	vurrani
scn	vurrania
sco	borage
sd	گاو زبان
Slovak	borák lekársky
Slovenian	boraga
Serbian	Борач
Swedish	gurkört
Swedish	stofferblomma
Thai	โบราจ
Turkish	hodan
tt	Кыяр үләне
Ukrainian	Огірочник лікарський
vep	savihein
Walloon	bourace d' apoticåre
Walloon	bourace
Walloon	bourache
Walloon	bouretche
zgh	ⵜⵉⵍⵇⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵛⵛⴰⵏ
Chinese	玻璃苣
Chinese	琉璃苣

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

Resents Transplanting: These plants do not tolerate the disturbance of their roots well. It's best to sow these seeds in their final growing location or in a container from which they can be moved without disturbing the root ball.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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Africa click to expand
- Macaronesia
  - Azores
  - Canary Islands
  - Madeira
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Tunisia

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan
  - Kirgizstan
  - Turkmenistan
- Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka
  - Kuril Islands
  - Primorye
  - Sakhalin
- Siberia
  - Altay
  - Buryatiya
  - Irkutsk
  - West Siberia
- Western Asia
  - Cyprus
  - East Aegean Islands
  - Lebanon-Syria
  - Turkey

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Malesia
  - Jawa

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - Tasmania
- New Zealand
  - New Zealand North
  - New Zealand South

Europe click to expand
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - Krym
  - North European Russia
  - Northwest European Russia
  - South European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Netherlands
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Great Britain
- Southeastern Europe
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Kriti
  - Romania
  - Sicilia
  - Turkey-in-Europe
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares
  - Corse
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Sardegna
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick
  - Newfoundland
  - Nova Scotia
  - Ontario
  - Prince Edward Island
  - Québec
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Southwest
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Illinois
  - Minnesota
  - North Dakota
  - Wisconsin
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut
  - Maine
  - Massachusetts
  - Michigan
  - New Hampshire
  - New Jersey
  - New York
  - Ohio
  - Pennsylvania
  - Rhode Island
  - Vermont
  - West Virginia
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Montana
  - Oregon
  - Washington
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - District Of Columbia
  - Virginia
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California
  - Utah
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska
- Western Canada
  - Alberta
  - British Columbia
  - Manitoba
  - Saskatchewan

Pacific click to expand
- South-central Pacific
  - Tubuai Islands

Southern America click to expand
- Caribbean
  - Cuba
  - Dominican Republic
  - Haiti
  - Puerto Rico
- Central America
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast
  - Argentina Northwest
  - Argentina South
  - Chile Central
  - Uruguay
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Peru

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000568964
UNII	69R58A6YLI
Canadensys	3747
USDA Plants	BOOF
Tropicos	4000793
INPN	86156
Flora of Italy	4342
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:113618-1
The Plant List	kew-2679695
Plantarium	6749
Missouri Botanical Garden	242362
Open Tree Of Life	725935
Observations.org	6474
NCBI Taxonomy	13363
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000003994
Nature Serve	2.137862
IPNI	113618-1
iNaturalist	52287
GBIF	2926110
Freebase	/m/02w__8
EPPO	BOROF
EOL	580765
Elurikkus	3131
Calflora (Californian flora)	1110
USDA GRIN	7422
Wikipedia	Borage

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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An analysis of conventional and modern packaging approaches for cut flowers: a review article

Rashed NM, Memon SA, Turki SM, Shalaby TA, El-Mogy MM

Front Plant Sci

27-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC11004386
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1371100
PMID:	38601313

NO and H2S Contribute to Crop Resilience against Atmospheric Stressors

Corpas FJ

Int J Mol Sci

20-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10971094
doi:	10.3390/ijms25063509
PMID:	38542480

Effects of Nutritional Factors on Fat Content, Fatty Acid Composition, and Sensorial Properties of Meat and Milk from Domesticated Ruminants: An Overview

Ponnampalam EN, Priyashantha H, Vidanarachchi JK, Kiani A, Holman BW

Animals (Basel)

08-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10967350
doi:	10.3390/ani14060840
PMID:	38539939

Long-Term Monitoring of the Traditional Knowledge of Plant Species Used for Culinary Purposes in the Valencia Region, South-Eastern Spain

Belda A, Jordán-Nuñez J, Micó-Vicent B, López-Rodríguez D

Plants (Basel)

08-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10975046
doi:	10.3390/plants13060775
PMID:	38592810

Higher Plant-Derived Biostimulants: Mechanisms of Action and Their Role in Mitigating Plant Abiotic Stress

Martínez-Lorente SE, Martí-Guillén JM, Pedreño MÁ, Almagro L, Sabater-Jara AB

Antioxidants (Basel)

06-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10967762
doi:	10.3390/antiox13030318
PMID:	38539851

Bumble bee microbiota shows temporal succession and increase of lactic acid bacteria when exposed to outdoor environments

Weinhold A, Grüner E, Keller A

Front Cell Infect Microbiol

04-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10945022
doi:	10.3389/fcimb.2024.1342781
PMID:	38500505

Microgreens on the rise: Expanding our horizons from farm to fork

Lone JK, Pandey R, Gayacharan

Heliyon

11-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10881865
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25870
PMID:	38390124

First Insights on the Bioaccessibility and Absorption of Anthocyanins from Edible Flowers: Wild Pansy, Cosmos, and Cornflower

Teixeira M, De Luca L, Faria A, Bordiga M, de Freitas V, Mateus N, Oliveira H

Pharmaceuticals (Basel)

31-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10892915
doi:	10.3390/ph17020191
PMID:	38399406

Nutritional, Fatty Acids, (Poly)phenols and Technological Properties of Flower Powders from Fuchsia hybrida and Alcea rosea

Castillo-Carrión M, Martínez-Espinosa R, Pérez-Álvarez JÁ, Fernández-López J, Viuda-Martos M, Lucas-González R

Foods

11-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10814466
doi:	10.3390/foods13020237
PMID:	38254537

Application of ZnO NPs, SiO2 NPs and Date Pollen Extract as Partial Substitutes to Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilizers for Sweet Basil Production

El-Mahrouk ES, Atef EA, Gabr MK, Aly MA, Głowacka A, Ahmed MA

Plants (Basel)

08-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10819998
doi:	10.3390/plants13020172
PMID:	38256725

A Biostimulant Based on Silicon Chelates Enhances Growth and Modulates Physiological Responses of In-Vitro-Derived Strawberry Plants to In Vivo Conditions

Ambros E, Kotsupiy O, Karpova E, Panova U, Chernonosov A, Trofimova E, Goldenberg B

Plants (Basel)

18-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10748094
doi:	10.3390/plants12244193
PMID:	38140519

Effects of Bacterioruberin-Rich Haloarchaeal Carotenoid Extract on the Thermal and Oxidative Stabilities of Fish Oil

Kesbiç FI, Metin H, Fazio F, Parrino V, Kesbiç OS

Molecules

09-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10745883
doi:	10.3390/molecules28248023
PMID:	38138512

Recent updates on nano-phyto-formulations based therapeutic intervention for cancer treatment

WAHI A, BISHNOI M, RAINA N, SINGH MA, VERMA P, GUPTA PK, KAUR G, TULI HS, GUPTA M

Oncol Res

15-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10767243
doi:	10.32604/or.2023.042228
PMID:	38188681

Plant Extracts as Skin Care and Therapeutic Agents

Michalak M

Int J Mol Sci

22-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10607442
doi:	10.3390/ijms242015444
PMID:	37895122

The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.)

Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ

PLoS One

04-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10602594
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:	37792900

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives
5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-ylmethyl 2-hydroxy-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylbutanoate	259729	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1CCC2)O	283.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50034A045
Amabiline	442706	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1CCC2)O	283.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A045
Lycopsamine	107938	Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)O	299.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50034A045
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Phenylpyruvic acid derivatives
Hydroxycaffeic acid	11063337	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C=C(C(=O)O)O)O)O	196.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/S11746-002-0484-8
> Benzenoids / Phenols / 1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoids
2-Hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid	22056978	Click to see CC(C1=CC=C(C=C1)O)(C(=O)O)O	182.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ARABJC.2014.11.059
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Oleic Acid	445639	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	282.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02544524 https://doi.org/10.1016/0952-3278(93)90030-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-3278(98)90046-1
Palmitic Acid	985	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	256.42	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02544524 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-3278(98)90046-1
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Very long-chain fatty acids
Erucic Acid	5281116	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	338.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1038/HDY.1990.93
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
gamma-Linolenic acid	5280933	Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCC(=O)O	278.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-3278(98)90046-1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4165(93)90096-Q https://doi.org/10.1300/J044V09N02_13 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02544524 https://doi.org/10.1300/J044V09N04_06 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(93)85016-K https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02540580
Linoleic Acid	5280450	Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	280.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02544524
Linolenic Acid	5280934	Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	278.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-3278(98)90046-1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0952-3278(93)90030-Z
Stearidonic acid	5312508	Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCC(=O)O	276.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(96)00305-6
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides
Oleuropein	5281544	Click to see CC=C1C(C(=COC1OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)C(=O)OC)CC(=O)OCCC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O	540.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ARABJC.2014.11.059
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
[(1R,8S)-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (E)-3-[4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoate	163190692	Click to see C1CC2C(CCN2C1)COC(=O)C=CC3=CC=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O	449.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00069-9
2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-ylmethyl 3-[4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]prop-2-enoate	74029857	Click to see C1CC2C(CCN2C1)COC(=O)C=CC3=CC=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O	449.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00069-9
Thesinine-4'-O-beta-D-glucoside	90478759	Click to see C1CC2C(CCN2C1)COC(=O)C=CC3=CC=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O	449.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00069-9
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acid esters / Coumaric acid esters
Thesinine	6452120	Click to see C1CC2C(CCN2C1)COC(=O)C=CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O	287.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A045
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
Ferulic acid	445858	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=CC(=O)O)O	194.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/S11746-002-0484-8
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Flavanones
6-[4-[(2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-2,3-dihydrochromen-2-yl]phenoxy]-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxyhexanal	163082399	Click to see C1C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C2C1=O)O)O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)OCC(C(C(C(C=O)O)O)O)O	434.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ARABJC.2014.11.059
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides
Luteolin 7,3',4'-trimethyl ether 5-glucoside	44258392	Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C=C3OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)OC)OC	490.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ARABJC.2014.11.059
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
Catechin 7-glucoside	14282767	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C21)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O	452.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ARABJC.2014.11.059
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids
2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7-trimethoxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one	14414499	Click to see COC1=CC2=C(C(=C1)OC)C(=O)C(=C(O2)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)OC	328.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ARABJC.2014.11.059

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Borago officinalis

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Details Top

Description Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

Scientific Literature Top

Phytochemical Profile Top

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