Angelica archangelica (Garden angelica)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Order: Apiales > Family: Apiaceae > Genus: Angelica

Angelica is native to Europe and Asia and is cultivated in southern Africa, although commercial cultivation is mainly in Europe. Leaves are eaten as a vegetable and the petioles and inflorescence stems are candied (usually coloured green) for cake decoration. It is used as a tonic and flavouring in wines and spirits (gin, chartreuse, Bénédictine, vermouth and vespétro).