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rue - smell?
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Posted by emily_aust nsw,aust (rbieman@bigpond.net.au) on Thu, Jun 29, 06 at 6:15
| anyone know if the crushed leaves smell like coconut cream?, i want to identify a herb, it is also a little spicy smelling, anyone growing this and can check for me? |
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RE: rue - smell?
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| Rue stinks! Enough to keep some cats and dogs away, and plenty of humans, too (although I can tolerate a quick sniff of it). Definitely not like coconut cream. I'm wondering if your plant might be a coconut scented geranium, perhaps. Though the leaf shape of the two plants are very different. Rue looks not unlike a rosemary plant, only silver-grey. There is a coconut thyme, I think, too. Best way to identify a herb is to take it to your nearest agricultural authority, or to the botanical gardens, and pay for a proper ID. Don't just take a dried-up leaf, but if possible the entire plant. (I was in a nursery once and someone brought in a dried-up leaf, wanting it identified. The horticulturist on duty said wrily 'It looks like a dead leaf to me!' And it was an honest, professional appraisal!) Meantime, until you're 100% sure of its identity, don't use it. |
RE: rue - smell?
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- Posted by andy_sa South Australia (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 30, 06 at 3:55
| Hi Emily I've always thought rue smells like coconut. Did you want to identify the fresh leaves? Or find a plant with that scent? |
RE: rue - smell?
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i did want an id, here is a cutting i am growing:
 and there really is a coconut smell about it but there has been no mention of coconut smells in nany of the info i have read |
RE: rue - smell?
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- Posted by andy_sa South Australia (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 30, 06 at 7:04
RE: rue - smell?
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RE: rue - smell?
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| Hi Emily, I love the smell of rue, it smells like thai green curry to me, coconut blended with other spices, quite a complex smell. I have experimented with using it in cooking. You can dry the fruit and use them as a spice in sauces etc. The ancient romans were very fond of it. |
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