Description
- A perennial plant with multiple uses: medicinal, aromatic, melliferous and ornamental.
- It prefers sandy soils, and calcareous ones in particular.
- It withstands environmental conditions very well, and low temperatures especially.
- A well-tended crop can be kept in profitable production for 4-5 years.
- The optimum planting distances are 70 cm between the rows and 40-50 cm between the plants within the row. It is recommended that the crop be established from seedlings.
- The yield potential (inflorescences, shoots) is 4-5 t/ha at harvest.
- From a medicinal point of view, Mursalski chai is regarded as one of the most valuable plants in the world, owing to its remarkable chemical composition, which includes copper, zinc, magnesium, iron, cobalt, selenium, calcium, potassium and sodium. The plant is used as a natural remedy for the treatment of cardiac, renal and digestive complaints.