Characteristics
A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 40 cm high. The leaves near the base are deeply lobed like fingers on a hand. The flower heads are yellow. The fruit is a dry fruit with angles and ribs along it.
| Life form |
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| Growth form |
herb
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| Growth support |
-
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
0.35
|
| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a temperate plant. In Nepal it grows up to 1500 m altitude. It grows in open places.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
The tender shoots and leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
| Uses |
medicinal
|
| Edible
|
leaves
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| Therapeutic use
|
Abscess (leaf), Earache (leaf), Hemorrhoids (leaf), Pain (leaf), Diarrhea (root), Galactogogues (root), Hemorrhoids (stem), Pain (stem), Hemorrhoids (unspecified), Stomach diseases (unspecified), Vitiligo (unspecified)
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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