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The beetroot is the taproot portion of the beet plant,[1] usually known in North America as the beet, also table beet, garden beet, red beet, or golden beet. It is one of several of the cultivated varieties of Beta vulgaris grown for their edible taproots and their leaves. Other than as a food, beets have use as a food colouring and as a medicinal plant. Many beet products are made from other Beta vulgaris varieties, particularly sugar beet.
== Uses =={{Uses|tumours}}, {{Uses|anaemia}}, {{Uses|yellow jaundice}}, {{Uses|ringing ears}}, {{Uses|alleviate toothache}}, {{Uses|cancer}}, {{Uses|dandruff}}, {{Uses|leukaemia}}, {{Uses|bladder infections}}.
==Common Chemical Composition==Beetroots (Beta vulgaris) are rich in valuable, active compounds such as carotenoids (Dias et al., 2009), glycine betaine, (de Zwart et al., 2003), saponins (Atamanova et al., 2005), betacyanines (Patkaiet al., 1997), folates (Jastrebova et al., 2003), betanin, polyphenols and flavonoids <ref name=="chemical composition"/>
== External Links Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Biennial plant}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple||Basal leaves forming a rosette}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|3.5–4 cm|green|5-20|Small, green, borne in clusters subtended by bracts, forming dense, usually branched inflorescences}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Flattish|7–10 mm |‘Seeds’ are actually fruits that are attached to each other and enveloped in a woody covering|many}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Beta vulgaris is originally a native of the warm temperate zone, though it has spread further north to the cold temperate zone<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Waste ground}}, {{Commonly seen|preferring calcareous soils}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows and woods}}.
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.ijser.org/researchpaper/Chemical-composition-functional-properties-and-processing-of Beetroot.pdf"chemical composition"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164505-1 "plant description"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Beta+vulgaris "Cultivation details"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://floridata.com/Plants/Chenopodiaceae/Beta+vulgaris/646 Beta vulgaris-description]
* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a668 Beta vulgaris on missouri botonical garden]
* [http://eol.org/pages/585884/details Beta vulgaris on encyclopedea of life ]
* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157515001003 Compositional characteristics of commercial beetroot products]
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