Celery is a kind of angiosperm, alias hu celery, mostly living in the river ditch, beside the paddy field, native to the Mediterranean coast of the swampy area, the world has been widely cultivated, in our country, the main places of origin are Zunhua and Yutian County, Hebei, Shandong, Weixian and Huantai, Henan, Shangqiu, and Jining of Neimenggu.

Celery attributes

Celery belongs to the umbelliferae plants, is a cold-hardy vegetables, requiring cooler and wetter environmental conditions, the growth of the appropriate temperature of 15 ~ 20 ℃, the soil requirements are more stringent, suitable for growth in fertile, loose, good aeration, water retention and fertilizer strong loam or clay loam.

What does celery look like

Celery stems with creeping, walking stems developed, slender stems, the upper white-green, the lower white, leaves alternate, serrated edge, petiole is more developed, the flowers for the compound umbels, flowers small, for white.

Celery role and value

Celery in life mainly has food value, which is rich in protein, carotene, calcium, phosphorus and other nutrients, at the same time, often eaten, but also has the liver and clearing heat, eliminating wind and dampness, detoxification of the lungs, stomach and blood, moistening the lungs to stop coughing, lowering blood pressure, brain calming effect.