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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

tumours, anaemia, yellow jaundice, ringing ears, alleviate toothache, cancer, dandruff, leukaemia, bladder infections.

Parts Used

Leaves, stem, Roots.

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 [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada kempu gadde
Hindi Chukandar
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Beetroot


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

Biennial plant

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Basal leaves forming a rosette

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 3.5–4 cm green 5-20 Small, green, borne in clusters subtended by bracts, forming dense, usually branched inflorescences

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Flattish 7–10 mm ‘Seeds’ are actually fruits that are attached to each other and enveloped in a woody covering many {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, 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[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Waste ground, preferring calcareous soils, meadows and woods.

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References

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