Just one more moss and fern photo.
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| These are licorice ferns, Polypodium glycyrrhiza |
The Latin name means "many-footed sweet roots". It grows from a rhizome that meanders through the moss on trees and rocks, sending up shoots here and there along its length. And the rhizome, they say, is sweet and tastes like licorice. I've never tried it. I should.
Since the rhizome is so sweet even in its naturally occurring state, and since the chemical is not a saccharide, it is possible that this compound could be used as a natural alternative to traditional sweeteners. (Wikipedia)
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Otro musgo, con los helechos "Polypodium glycorrhiza". El nombre en Latín quiere decir "de muchos pies, y raices dulces". Crece a partir de un rizoma (un tallo que parece raiz) que se extiende bajo el musgo, brotando hojas al azahar. El rizoma, dicen, es dulce y tiene sabor a anís. Nunca lo he probado; es algo que debo hacer.
De Wikipedia: Ya que el rizoma es tan dulce, aun en su estado al natural, y que la sustancia química no es un sacárido, es posible que esta sustancia pueda usarse como una alternativa natural en vez de los adulcerantes tradicionales.
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