Borage seed oil is derived from the seeds of the "Borago officinalis" (borage). Legumes are very important but the most popular vegetables are borage and thistle. Borage is used as either a fresh vegetable or a dried herb. The plant is also commercially cultivated for borage seed oil extracted from its seeds. Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides believed nepenthe to be the medicinal herb Borage. Vegetables like cardoon and borage were traditionally widely used in soups. Alkanna tinctoria, the dyer's alkanet or alkanet, is a herb in the borage family. Borage is thought to repel the tomato hornworm moth. Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Cordia myxa is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Nonea is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae. Carmona is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Tiquilia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Symphytum is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Heliotropium is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.