Milkweed honey
Asclepias syriaca
A Hungarian single-flower honey from common milkweed, which blooms after black locust. It is clear to pale yellow, only slightly darker than acacia honey, and crystallises very slowly.
- Origin
- Hungary (Great Hungarian Plain)
- Colour
- 17 mm · extra white
- Taste
- mild, faintly vanilla
- Crystallization
- slow
- Plant
- Asclepias syriaca · milkweed →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Milkweed is a North American plant that has become invasive in Hungary, where it forms the large continuous stands this honey comes from.
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