Description
Description: Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus.
They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart bitter, zesty, or citric flavours; The hop plant is a vigorous, climbing, herbaceous perennial, usually trained to grow up strings in a field called a hopfield, hop garden (nomenclature in the South of England), or hop yard (in the West Country and U.S.) when grown commercially.
Botanical Name: Humulus
lupulus
Common Name: Beer
Hops, Hopfen, Hoppen, Wild Hops
Medicinal Part:
Flower
Safety Guidelines: Not
recommended for use by persons suffering from depression
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