Nettle-Urtica dioica

Alternative names: Agkinida, knitha, tsouchna
Family: Urticaceae

Annual plant that can reach over a meter . Is found almost everywhere in uncultivated and cultivated sites . Gathered new fresh leaves from autumn until spring before bloom .

The fresh leaves are eaten boiled salad or sautéed with other herbs . With leaves and other spices are made amazing tsouknidopies !

The nettles, the last few years , became famous through the latest announcements of the lastest dietologistic findings, according to which nettles hace karotivi B, which is thought to act as a precautionary measure against cancer cells

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