Giant Balsams.

Yes well considering they are again in full glory in bloom waiting for the bumblebees to fertilize her.This exoot is 2 centuries ago
(around 1850.) brought from the Himalayas to the Netherlands to serve as an ornamental plant and between 1950 and 1957 it was on
several places spread for research in De Biesbosch on the bumblebee.Since then, she's been
no longer get away and dominates the river areas and parks.This is a real bumblebee and
bee plant.So it actually comes in handy now that the bees and bumblebees are in danger of extinction.
They bloom in lilac, pink or light yellow to white color from the end of July.They're going in early September.
about in seed boxes that, when touched, allow the seeds to fly meters away.
(Hence also the name Jumpseed popularly.) What many still have
not know is that the plant and seeds are edible and processed
can be in a delicious meal salad that is a
of my favorites.

Application:
The young leaf you cook just like spinach.(This is because in the uncooked leaf the substance calcium oxalate ) People with rheumatism, gout or kidney stones should therefore avoid eating the raw leaf.
Due to cooking, the substance dissolves.However, the flowers are also edible and often serve as a decoration on a salad.
The seeds I personally find the best and have a nutty taste.(bit like pistachio nuts) Both the still whites and the black seeds can be harvested.
You can apply these to many things.
on bread, in salads, on ice cream and just tasty roasted out of hand.

The contents of the giant balsams have not yet been mapped, but compared to the small jumping seeds have been.
It assumes that there are very similar substances in it because this is only the small variant of the same species.
Contents of substances consist mainly of

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