Grangea maderaspatana

(L.) Poir.

Madras carpet

AsteraceaeLeavesScore: 33/100

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The tender leaves are cooked as a vegetable.

Where to Find It

A tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in Nepal to about 2000 m altitude. It grows on dry, sandy loams. It is common on the edges of canals, ditches and rice fields. It grows in wet grassland savannah. In Yunnan.

Africa, Asia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central Africa, China, East Africa, Gabon, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, SE Asia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Africa, Zambia,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A leafy herb. It grows each year from seed. It lies along the ground. It forms round patches. It grows 50 cm tall. The stems are hairy. The leaves have stalks. The edges are deeply wavy and divided into narrow leaflets. The flower heads are green or yellow. The fruit is an achene.

Nutrition Score: 33/100

Part	Moisture	kJ	kcal	Protein	Vit A	Vit C	Iron	Zinc
Leaves	89.9	80	19	3.2	—	60	—	—

How to Grow

Plants are grown from seeds or by splitting the clump.

Medicinal Uses

The leaves are said to be anodyne. They are taken in an infusion, or in a soup, as a stomachic. Externally, the leaf-sap is used to treat earache. The powdered dry leaves or wet-leaf compress are applied to contusions.

Wikipedia

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Grangea maderaspatana, commonly known as Madras carpet, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Names & Synonyms

Bhediachim, Bichi ba, Cai dong, Davana, Gobre jhar, Jhim jhime, Jhinkimundi, Machipatri, Masipathri, Mukhatari, Mustaru, Nahanigorakha-mundi, Namuti, Nilampala, Rau coc, Save, Taw-ma-hnyo-lon, Ye-tazwet

Artemisia maderaspatana L.Cotula hemisphaerica Wallich, not (Roxb.)Wall. ex C.B.Clarke

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