 Artichoke. |
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Cynara scolymus L.
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- Synonym:
- Plant Family:
- Asteraceae.
- Habit & Habitat:
- A biennial, exotic herb, up to 1.5 m tall, has been cultivated and introduced in AJK.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, deeply lobed,arching,gary-green,wooly. Inflorescence a disc shaped capitulum,terminal.Flower purple.Fruit a cypsela.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- May-July.
- Harvesting Time:
- May-August.
- Medicinal Value:
- Artichoke stimulates bile secretion and with leaf and root included in digestive tonics.Also treating hardening of arteries anemia,hepatitis and lowers cholesterol level.[12] Locally usage of dried powder of leaves releases body pains and helpful in indigestion.
- Part Used:
- Flower,leaf and root.
- Occurrence:
- Cultivated.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation,Cultivation,Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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