What is the meaning of Behen?

Any of various plants imported into Europe for the pharmaceutical trade in dried form, so of uncertain identity.

  1. Behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes (now Salvia pratensis subsp. haematodes), but in other sources to be Statice limonium, which is a synonym for Limonium vulgare.
  2. Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen
  3. Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris

Behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes (now Salvia pratensis subsp. haematodes), but in other sources to be Statice limonium, which is a synonym for Limonium vulgare.

Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen

Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris

Source: wiktionary.org

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