The kind of genuine Sellerie (Apium graveolens) is cultivated for a long time as welfare, peppering and vegetable plant. Genuine Sellerie has in all parts a typical, strong flavour, which is caused particularly by ethereal oils, whose main part is D-Limonen.

Kinds (selection)

• Genuine Sellerie (Apium graveolens)
• Flooding Sellerie (Apium inundatum)
• Sellerie (Apium nodiflorum)
• Creeping Sellerie (Apium repens)

History

Sheets and blooms of wildly growing Sellerie served in old Egypt as grave-added. Of the Greeks , who were Romans apium mentioned, Sellerie the God of the underworld geweiht. With corpse meals Sellerie was served, grave hills were bepflanzt with him and tombs with its sheets was

Since 480 v. Chr. coined/shaped the city Selinunt coins with a Sellerieblatt, designated after that Sellerie. The players Isthmi and the Nemei plays were with Sellerie.

In Europe is well-known the genuine Sellerie since the early Middle Ages. He is mentioned since approximately 800. The herb book of the Botanikers Leonhart fox of 1543 according to blooms served and sheets as medicine. To in 18. Century remained the cultivation limited to monastery and yard gardens. In the people faith Sellerie a aphrodisierende effect was attributed. Also a mildly tendency-lightening effect is after-said to him.

Today world-wide one cultivates to genuine Sellerie in different and serves particularly as vegetable or peppering plant.

Genuine Sellerie

Genuine Sellerie is two-year and occurs particularly on salt soils. It reaches a height up to a meter. Of genuine Sellerie there is three important variants, with which sheets, and Wurzelknollen are in each case predominantly used.

Schnittsellerie

Cutting or (Apium graveolens var. secalinum), which with one or hardly for pronounced tuber and at parsley reminding sheets of the game form next does not stand, serves as a spice herb. Only the sheets are used.

Celery

Celery (Apium graveolens var. dulce), also bleaching, handle or Stangensellerie mentioned, has long, fleshy Blattstiele and a small Wurzelknolle. Into the trade come the Blattstiele, which can weigh per plant up to a kilogram. They are used for salads or as vegetables. The pale colouring comes off either - as with asparagus - by of earth (or covering with plastic foil), which impairs the formation of chlorophyll by lack of light, or the sorts was (bleaching).

Knollensellerie

Knollensellerie (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum), also Wurzelsellerie or Zeller (- tuber) mentioned, develops a round Wurzelknolle, which can have a diameter of up to 20 centimeters. It can be used as soup green or as roasting or root vegetables for scorching courts, when supplement to when main court in disks roasted to Sellerieschnitzeln or also to soups are converted. It contains Vitamin A and K, sodium and potassium.

Cultivation

Neighbour in the Mischkultur

Plants get along with different neighbour, those directly adjacent grow differently well:

Good neighbours

• Shrub bean
• Cucumber
• Chamomile
• Kohl

Cauliflower - is considered as a particularly suitable neighbour

• Kohlrabi
• Leek
• Tomato

Bad neighbours

• Potato
• Head salad
• Corn

Related links

See also: List of the kitchen herbs and spices

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