Silphium, uma planta extinta da Líbia, foi fundamental na medicina e economia da Antiguidade, utilizada para contracepção e tratamentos. Sua extinção, há séculos, continua a despertar o interesse de historiadores e cientistas em suas características e impactos.
🔗 https://omniletters.com/silphium-planta-extinta/
#silphium #plantasextintas #medicinahistorica #historiadasplantas #conservacaobiologica
Le silphium, une plante aux nombreuses vertus aussi bien médicinales que gustatives, faisait fureur dans le bassin méditerranéen jusqu'à son extinction. 2 000 ans plus tard, un chercheur turc pense avoir enfin trouvé un survivant de la plante miracle.
To be taken with the mandatory grain of salt, of course - lacking (afaik) any corresponding archaeobotanical #silphium finds makes an exact identification not particularly easier …
"Just one stalk has been found and it has been given to Emperor Nero", Pliny the Elder put down the last documented account of the #silphium.
Thought to be extinct, the golden-flowered "miracle" plant apparently has been rediscovered in #Turkey:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/13/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered via #GreekReporter
@[email protected] The original article, from which this was poorly plagiarized, is here at National Geographic Magazine: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion
The “miracle” plant #Silphium consumed by Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, which was thought to have become extinct two thousand years ago, has recently been rediscovered in Turkey by a professor, who thinks he’s found a botanical survivor.
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/13/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered/
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