That nice Mr Borage

[Eustace_Scrubb]

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"Deborah" wrote:
> Borage is a garden plant - big hairy leaves and nice little blue
> flowers. Its leaves taste of cucumber and you can eat the flowers 
> too or use them as edible decoration. Could have magical properties
> concealed from us Muggles, too ...

Eustace_Scrubb:
It's also been used as rabbit fodder, but contains an alkaloid called
amabiline, which is toxic to the liver.  So both rabbits and humans
have been warned not to consume too much of it in recent years

On the plus side, it may be an anti-inflammatory as well.

So it's sort of an ambiguous plant, really.  Pretty and with some
useful properties, but potentially dangerous in the wrong hands.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb