Angabdoi. (2024, June), 8 Fragrant flowering plants are edible, just know how to eat them properly:                        Home and Garden : 116-117

            Edible Flowers are flowers that can be eaten. Decorate the plate Safely enhances the taste of food No toxins that are harmful to the body Does not cause irritation. and does not cause illness But will the taste be good or not? smells good or smells bad It's another matter. For plants with a fragrant aroma It is not only used as an ornamental plant for beauty and to add fragrance to the garden. Some species can also be used for consumption. The flowers can be eaten raw like vegetables, used in cooking, and their fragrant aroma is used in various menus. Remarkably Although many species are not native to Thailand. But it is also grown in the home.

            Jasmine, Jasmine flowers have a sweet and bitter taste, and a cool fragrance. Thai people like to float Jasmine flowers and Jasmine flowers in water or bake them in boiled water to give them a fragrant scent. It is a flower water for making Thai desserts or for baking desserts.

            Cananga Songkhla, Fragrant Cananga, yellow flowers, bitter taste, fragrant. Fully bloomed flowers are roasted until fragrant. Used to make fragrant flower water. It is an ingredient in desserts and Khao Chae.

            Champa, new rice flower, Bread Flower, flowers bloom in clusters shaped like inverted bells, with a fragrant smell similar to new rice mixed with pandan leaves. It is popular to peel and place on freshly cooked rice to make the rice fragrant, or the flowers can be floated in water and used as an ingredient in Khao Chae.

            Lady's Nail, Drunken Sallor, Rangoon Creeper bloom in bouquets. There are both single and double flowers. Flowers start to bloom: white to light pink. The flowers are in full bloom and are dark pink. Fresh flowers have a bland, oily taste. Used to decorate food dishes, desserts, drinks, or deep-fried.

            Gardenia, Golden Gardenla, when it starts to bloom yellow, later turns dark yellow, blooms for 1-2 days, the petals have no taste. Used to add flavor to desserts and drinks.

            Damask Rose, Yisun, Damask Rose, pink flowers, fragrant aroma, astringent taste, slightly bitter, used for food decoration, cooking, crispy fried flour, rose petals, sour curry, used for desserts, dried flowers brewed with hot water as tea or made into drinks.

            Chongkho, Holland Chongkho, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, 5 petals, dark pink-purple. The flower petals have a sweet taste and light fragrance. They are commonly used as a decoration to add color to salad dishes, food, desserts, and drinks. Or use it to make fresh flower legs.

             Night-blooming Jasmine: White petals, orange peduncles fused into a tube. Contains  Nyctanthin, which gives a sunny yellow color and is used as a food coloring