Lovage is a hardy perennial with a height of 90 cm, flowers in summer, dying down in autumn. It bears clusters of yellow flowers with a sharp smell. The roots are dug out in second or third year of planting and cut into slices in 13 mm thick and carefully dried.
 
Foreign name for Lovage:
English : Love Parsley,Lovage Dutch : Lavas French : Liveche German : Liebstockl Greek : Levistika Italian : Levistico Russian : Lyubistockl Thai : Kot cheyng