SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Boerhavia Diffusa
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Herbal medicine for pain relief as well as other uses. Lowers blood sugar, enhance eyesight
NUTRIENT VALUE :
contains saponins, alkaloids and flavanoids. Vitamin C, B2, B3, carbohydrate etc
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Used as green vegetable in most parts of india.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Nelabasale
- Tamil : Mukkaratai / Sattaranai
- Malayalam : Thazhuthama / Thamichana / Punar Navaa
- Telugu : Punarnaba
- Kannada : Balavadike / Ganajali / Rakta Punarnava
- Hindi : Thikri / Godhapoorva / Punarnavaa
- Bengali : Punar Navaa
- Gujarati : Ghetuli
- Konkani : Dharni / Vallchebhaji
- Marathi : Punar Navaa
- Oriya : Ghodapuruni
- Punjabi : Bhiskappa / Itsit
