We all know from childhood the wild plants of Russia, often used in folk medicine. These are chamomile, mint, oregano, Ivan tea, yarrow and many, many others. It is one of the medicinal crops and black nightshade, which grows on the territory of the European part of our state. But we will not talk about him, but about his closest relative, the selection find of the American amateur breeder Luther Burbank, known and revered in Russia and nicknamed the "California wizard". At the beginning of the 20th century, after many years of work on the development of a new variety of berries, he introduced the whole world to the plant sunberry (sumberry), which has unique medicinal properties. Sunberry (translated from English as a sunny berry) was bred by crossing African nightshade (which gave the new species large fruits) and European creeping nightshade, which inherited its palatability.
Description
Sambury is a plant that stretches to a height of one and a half meters and has a powerful stem with numerous branches extending from it. During the fruit ripening period, it is completely strewn with black large berries.the size of a cherry, which are collected in whisks of 10-15 pieces. The yield is so high that a bucket of sambury berries can be harvested from only one bush. The plant is resistant to lodging, so mature
the search for fruit-studded twigs is very impressive, and this beauty lasts until late autumn - while flowering and fruit ripening. If, about a month before the onset of cold weather, you get rid of the plant by pinching off the buds, the remaining berries will be larger and will have time to ripen for frost. Sambury is an annual plant that requires annual planting. For this, the largest berries are selected from multiple clusters. If you follow these agrotechnical tricks, you can improve the fruitfulness and stability of the plant.
Uses and medicinal properties
Sunberries are used to make jam, they are used as a filling in baking pies: not
Despite the fact that the taste of fresh berries is quite unusual (it is still a plant of the nightshade family), it opens up in preparations and will surprise any gourmet. But the most important thing is that Samberi is a plant with amazing healing properties. As medicines, infusions from leaves and berries, decoctions, pomace from leaves, stems and buds are used. Sunbury is used to treat seborrhea, eczema and psoriasis, prostate adenoma, and epilepsy. Means from this plant normalize blood pressure, treat migraine pain, rheumatism, gout, asthma, varicose veins and even hepatitis and stomach ulcers. Hisused to improve memory and restore visual acuity. The leaves of the plant are dried, which allows them to be used for the manufacture of medicinal products throughout the year.
Sumberi is still little known in Russia, but every year it wins the hearts of Russians more and more, enjoying well-deserved popularity because of its excellent qualities.
