Sambury is a plant, a miracle of breeding

All of us since childhood are known wild plants of Russia, often used in folk medicine. This is chamomile, mint, oregano, ivan tea, yarrow and many, many others. Included in the number of medicinal crops and nightshade is black, growing on the territory of the European part of our state. But we are not talking about him, but about his closest relative, the selection find of the American amateur breeder Luther Burbank, famous and revered in Russia and nicknamed the "Californian wizard." At the beginning of the 20th century, after many years of work on the development of a new variety of berries, he presented to the whole world the plant sanberry (samberi), which possesses unique healing properties. Sunberry (translated from English - a solar berry) was derived by crossing the African nightshade (which gave a new kind of large fruits) and European creeping nightshade, which has inherited its taste qualities.

Description

Sambury is a plant that extends to a height of up to one and a half meters and has a powerful stem with numerous offshoots running away from it. During the ripening of fruits, it is completely covered with black large berries the size of cherries, which are assembled into coronals of 10-15 pieces. The yield is so high that it is possible to collect a bucket of berries from only one bush . The plant is resistant to lodging, so the ripe Looking for the sprigs of sprigs of twigs is very impressive, and this beauty lasts until the late autumn - while the flowering and ripening of the fruit is in progress. If about a month before the onset of cold weather, by plucking the plant of buds, the remaining berries will be larger and will have time to mature to frost. Sambury is a one-year plant, requiring annual planting. For this purpose, the largest berries from multiple-brushes are selected. If you follow these agrotechnical tricks, you can improve the fruitfulness and stability of the plant.

Use and medicinal properties

Of berries, sanberries are prepared jam, they are used as a filling for baking pies: not Despite the fact that the taste of fresh berries is rather unusual (it is still a plant of the Solanaceae family), in the preparations it is revealed and will surprise any gourmet. But the most important is that samberi is a plant with amazing healing properties. As medicines, infusions from leaves and berries, decoctions, squeezes from leaves, stems and buds are used. Sunbury is used to treat seborrhea, eczema and psoriasis, prostate adenoma, with epilepsy. Means from this plant normalize blood pressure, treat migraine pains, rheumatism, gout, asthma, varicose veins and even hepatitis and stomach ulcers. It is used to improve memory and restore visual acuity. The leaves of the plant are dried, which allows them to be used for the manufacture of medicinal products throughout the year.

In Russia, Samberi is still little known, but every year more and more conquer the hearts of Russians, enjoying deserved popularity because of their excellent qualities.