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Tetragonia expansa

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Tetragonia expansa is an annual to short-lived perennial creeping plant growing about 20 - 40cm tall and spreading to form clumps 1 metre wide or more. The plant has been used as a vegetable since at least the 18th century AD. It is occasionally cultivated in gardens for its edible leaves, and is an excellent spinach substitute for hot dry weather conditions.

Uses

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Parts Used

Young shoots, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Root cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

New Zealand spinach is a plant of the warm temperate zone to the tropics. It does not grow well in lowland areas of the tropics, but is cultivated at elevations above 600 metres and does best at 1,000 - 1,700 metres.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Coastal sand dunes, Stony beaches, Sheltered beaches.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemical constituents]
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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