#cuckoopint

[boschintegral-photo]

Arum (Arum Maculatum) Canal Du Midi Toulouse, France

[rherlotshadow]

Poison berries of the cuckoo-pint

[boschintegral-photo]

Arum (Arum Maculatum) Canal Du Midi Toulouse, France

[rherlotshadow]

cuckoopint is poisonous - don’t eat

or touch

[fieriframes]

[Cuckoopint.]

[the-herbalist]

ARUM

Arum maculatum

Common Names: Cocky baby, cuckoopint, cypress powder, dragon root, gaglee, ladysmock, Portland arrowroot, starchwort.

Medicinal Part: Rootstock.

Description: Arum is a perennial plant that grows in moist, shady places, along hedges, among bushes, and in deciduous forests. Its tuberous rootstock is poison when fresh but edible when dried or sufficiently cooked. It is about the size of a walnut and is brown outside, white inside. Arum’s arrowhead-shaped leaves are also poisonous when eaten. Its flowers, which bloom in May and June, trap insects which the plant digests for food.

Properties and Uses: Acrid (fresh), diaphoretic, expectorant. Arum is generally used mixed with honey or syrup for internal use and as an ointment for external use. Internally, it can be used for bronchitis, asthma, chronic catarrh, flatulence, and rheumatic problems. For sore throat, gargle the decoction by itself. A 1:1 mixture of arum and sweet flag in powder form is sometimes recommended as a stomachic. An ointment made with arum is useful for sores and ringworm, and for swellings simmer arum with cumin in wine or oil to make a plaster. In any case, only the dried root should be used.

[nunoxaviermoreira]

Cuckoo-pint by Peter Warne-Epping Forest One of my favourite wild flowers - cuckoo pint - a wild arum lily found in the UK. I am conserving a collection in my garden which otherwise get eaten by muntjac. https://flic.kr/p/2iS76TZ

[wyrdweavings]

Give. Offer help. I was a stranger and you made me welcome. Matthew 25:35 Give to everyone who asks you. Luke 6:30 Love one another. John 13:34 #DruidOracle #Sow #CuckooPint