Wave 3 Findings

Date: 2026-03-12

Scope:

Changes applied to source data:

Removed easy from Ficus retusa (Bonsai-Feige)
Removed easy from Mimosa pudica (Schamkraut)
Removed medicinal from Petroselinum crispum (Petersilie)
Removed medicinal from Allium schoenoprasum (Schnittlauch)
Removed medicinal from Vanilla planifolia (Vanille)
Removed medicinal from Coffea arabica (Kaffeestrauch)
Removed medicinal from Camellia sinensis (Teestrauch)
Removed medicinal from Citrus limon, Citrus sinensis, Punica granatum, Psidium guajava, Carica papaya
Removed medicinal from Solanum lycopersicum (Tomate), Spinacia oleracea (Spinat), Daucus carota (Karotte)
Removed medicinal from Tagetes patula (Studentenblume)
Removed medicinal from Eutrema japonicum (Wasabi)
Removed the implicit medicinal default from createHerbEntry() so generic kitchen-herb imports no longer auto-enter the medicinal category
Re-added medicinal explicitly for Chamaemelum nobile (Roemische Kamille)

Evidence basis used:

medicinal is now treated as a conservative herbal/medical identity tag, not a catch-all for edible, aromatic, vitamin-rich, or beverage plants
entries whose local descriptions are purely culinary, fruit, vegetable, or ornamental were de-scoped from medicinal
high_humidity did not receive source-data changes in this wave because the current set looked locally coherent enough that heuristic edits would add more risk than value

Deliberately not changed in this wave:

many classic medicinal herbs that remain intentionally tagged, such as Kamille, Salbei, Lavendel, Zitronenmelisse, Johanniskraut, Baldrian, Ingwer, Kurkuma, Eukalyptus, Ginkgo, Thymian
borderline easy cases beyond Bonsai-Feige and Schamkraut
high_humidity entries without clear contradiction in local care/descriptive text

Operational note:

These source changes do not update the persisted backend catalog automatically.
Production still needs a catalog rebuild via server/scripts/rebuild-from-batches.js and a deploy.