Flor amarilla honey
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Light monofloral honey from perennial wall-rocket, a yellow-flowered plant of the cabbage family known in Argentina as ‘flor amarilla’. It has a distinct aroma and sets with medium-sized crystals.
- Origin
- Argentina – south-west of Buenos Aires Province
- Colour
- 34 mm · white
- Taste
- delicate
- Plant
- Diplotaxis tenuifolia · wall rocket →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Diplotaxis honey was the first honey in which glucosinolates, compounds typical of the cabbage family, were detected.
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