SPICES, MEDICINAL AND AROMATİC PLANTS
MALLOW (Malva sylvestris)
Mallow
Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus. It is known as common mallow.
The usage areas of mallow can ordered as decoration, food(especially young leaves are boiled), mucilage is present in many of the Malvaceae family including M. sylvestris,especially the fruit.
The seeds are used internally in a decoction or herbal tea as a demulcent,and the leaves may be used in poultices as an emollient for external applications
