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The species name beccabunga comes from Danish bekkebunge (literally "brook bunch") or a similar source.<ref name="int"/>
== uses Uses ==
Brooklime was of three traditional antiscorbutic herbs, used (alongside scurvy grass and watercress) in purported remedies for scurvy. However none of these herbs are rich in Vitamin C and the usual preparation by extracting of juices would have destroyed most of their content, rendering the preparations ineffectual against true scurvy.<ref name="des"/>
