German Chamomile Blue Matricaria chamomilla Flowers in Carton Shipped in 20″ FCL Container

Botanical Origin:

Common name: German Chamomile

Latin name: Matricaria recutita L..

Family: Asteraceae (Compositae)

Other names: Engl.: German chamomile, scented mayweed, chamomile, false chamomile, German tea chamomile, Hungarian chamomile, sweet chamomile. Deu.: Echte Kamille, Kamille, Frauenblume, Johannisköpfchen, Mägdeblume, Ramerian. Suom.: kamomillasaunio. Sven.: kamomill, sötblomster, äkta kamomill. Fran.: camomille. Bot. syn.: Chamomilla officinalis Koch, Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert, Chrysanthemum chamomilla Bernh., Matricaria chamomilla auct..

This plant was formerly classified as Matricaria chamomilla L.

Description:

Matricaria recutita L. possesses a many-branched erect growing stem, 1 or 2 ft. high, bearing very green, smooth and alternate leaves. The flower heads appear singly at the ends of stems and branches. The flowers are smaller than those of Anthemis nobilis L., the so called Roman chamomile, and are yellow disc white ray flowers.

After drying, the flower-heads are of a dull yellow or yellowish-white color, about 10 mm. (2/5 in.) broad, surrounded by a flattish, imbricated involucre; this involucre is composed of oblong scales, having a membranous, translucent margin; the receptacle is conical, internally hollow, and bears a single row of about fifteen short, toothed, reflexed ray-florets, and numerous tubular yellow disk-florets, without pappus; disagreeably aromatic; taste bitterish, aromatic.

Range & Habitat:

German chamomile, Matricaria recutita L. is native to Europe and western Asia and naturalized in North America, and is cultivated in Germany, Hungary, Russia and several other European countries.

The plant thrives in moderately heavy soil, rich in humus and rather moist. It can withstand considerable cold. In Hungary, it also grows abundantly in great patches in the clayey lime soil of the plains, where the depleted and almost barren condition of the earth offers little support for other flora.

The reported life zone for the chamomiles is 7 to 26 ºC with an annual precipitation of 0.4 to 1.4 meters and a soil pH 4.8 to 8.3. Seeded or transplanted into the field for cultivation, Cultivated from seed, German chamomile grows in poor, clay soils. The short, two-month growing season of German chamomile allows it to be interplanted with other biennial herbs or planted as a nearly or late crop.

Planting & Cultivation:

Chamomile blooms from the end of April to the end of May, about eight weeks after the seed is sown. A crop may thus be raised from seeds grown early in the spring, or from seeds planted later, after early vegetable crops. Seed may be sown in drills and barely covered, or it may be broadcast, since the plant soon occupy the entire ground, and exclude weeds.

Harvesting and Preparing for the Market:

The chamomile grown on farmland is gathered by hand, which permits removal of the flowers without the stem. In other sections, however, it must be collected by means of flower scoops or strippers. When using these implements, the harvesters must gather the flowers as carefully and with as little stem material and extraneous matter as possible.

A single worker with a “flower comb” can collect from 60 to 100 kg of fresh flowers per day; by hand he can gather only 8 to 10 kg.

The harvested flowers are sifted in a suspended sieve (mesh diameter, 7-11 mm), to separate the flower heads from the flowers with attached stems, and from climbing bits of weed or grass. Thus sifted, the flowers are spread out on the floor or on sheets, in thin layers, to dry. Artificial dryers may also be employed. The delicate material must not be turned while drying, since it is easily damaged.

Five kg of fresh flowers give 1 kg of air-dried flowers. These are sifted once more, and packed into boxes or bales for shipment. If packed in bags, the flowers are likely to be damaged by handling.

Yield of flowers per Acre:

One acre yields about 400 to 600 lb of dried flowers under favorable conditions.

Chamomile flowers exported from Hungary was marketed in six grades:

• The “Extra” grade, assorted by hand, was of beautiful appearance and usually three times higher in price than other grades.
• Type V, the so-called “bath chamomile”, consisted of flowers with attached stems as they remained in the sieve after sifting of the dried material. This quality was used in pharmacy, chiefly for external application.
• Type VI, the so-called “ chamomile dust” consisted of sifted-out dust.

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