Post cover by Glossa Hortensia showing botanical illustration of a jambu plant, with colourful yellow puffs as flowers. It reads: 'Abecedary - Volubility. Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen (1985).'
Yellow post with a background of jambu flowers, reading: 'Volubility - Commonly identified as a mistake by floriography authors, the early (1811) French book Abécédaire de Flore identifies the 'abécédaire' as jambu, Acmella oleracea. It receives this playful name and the sentiment of volubility for the patterns at the top of the flower heads. @glossahortensia'.
Brown post with jambu flowers in the background. A fanciful botanical illustration, from Delachénaye's 1811 book, is featured, showing a branch of jambu flowers with Latin letters formed by the dark markings on their tips. The post reads: 'The author, Delachénaye, explains that these shapes are fancied to look like letters, so the plant is called 'abécédaire' - an ABC book. Jambu is cultivated for culinary purposes, and has an unusual flavour described as tingling, cooling, or numbing, giving them the colloquial name of 'buzz buttons'.'
ABECEDARY
Acmella oleracea
Volubility
Can you feel my love buzz?
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