Table 8.
Main Pelargonium uses (from Meyers et al., 2006 [127]).
| Plant | Product Obtained |
|---|---|
| CULINARY USE | |
| P. acetosum | Salads or cooked into soups and stews |
| P. bowkeri | Salad herb |
| P. citronellum | Lemon liqueur |
| P. ‘Ginger’ (syn. P. ‘Torento’) | Cakes, jellies, beverages, desserts, and sandwiches |
| P. graveolens | Baked goods, gelatin, pudding, candy, frozen dairy desserts, and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages |
| P. ‘Nutmeg’ | Cakes, pâté, stuffing, potato salad and coffee |
| P. odoratissimum | Fruit drinks, syrups, sauces, and desserts |
| COSMETIC USE | |
| P. capitatum | Perfumery |
| P. inquinans | Deodorant |
| MEDICINAL, ETHNOBOTANICAL USES AND AROMATHERAPY | |
| P. alchemilloides | Root infusion in treating diarrhea Leaf juice in treating the eyes Root decoction in treating fever |
| P. antidysentericum | Decoction used in treating diarrhea Leaf tea used in treating nausea, diarrhea and dysentery |
| P. bowkeri | Treatment for colic, diarrhea |
| P. botulinum | Leaf decoction treatment of dermatological conditions, colds, respiratory infections, sinusitis |
| P. capitatum | Leaf infusion use in the treatment of urinary bladder and kidney diseases |
| P. cucullatum | The crushed leaves used in treating insect bites, bruises, boils, wounds The leaf infusion used in treating fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain |
| P. graveolens | The leaf infusion used in treating insomnia, dysentery, diarrhea, vomiting Inhalation used to treat asthma |
| P. luridum | Root infusion used in abdominal pains, dysentery, diarrhea, backache Leaf infusion or powdered root used in fever, abdominal pains |
| P. quercifolium | Remedy for rheumatism, heart disease |
| P. reniforme | The decoction used in dysentery and diarrhea |
| P. sidoides | The decoction used in different parasitic zoonoses |