Dried Parsley
<p><b >Parsley</b> (<i ><b>Petroselinum hortense</b></i>) is a species of <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroselinum" title="Petroselinum" >Petroselinum</a></i> in the family <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiaceae" title="Apiaceae" >Apiaceae</a>, native to the central <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_region" title="Mediterranean region" class="mw-redirect" >Mediterranean region</a> (southern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy" >Italy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria" >Algeria</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia" >Tunisia</a>), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalisation_(biology)" title="Naturalisation (biology)" >naturalized</a> elsewhere in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe" >Europe</a>, and widely cultivated as an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb" title="Herb" >herb</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice" title="Spice" >spice</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable" title="Vegetable" >vegetable</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Med_0-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley#cite_note-Med-0" >[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Flora_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley#cite_note-Flora-1" >[2]</a></sup></p>
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Parsley should not be consumed in excess by pregnant women. It is safe in normal food quantities, but large amounts can have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterotonic" title="Uterotonic" >uterotonic</a> effects.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley#cite_note-10" >[11]</a></sup>
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