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Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Spinacia oleracea
L.
Common Name :
Spinach, Paalak
Plant Family :
Amaranthaceae
Plant Form :
Herb
Occurrence (Sectors) :
4, 26, 28
About Spinacia oleracea Plant :
Habit :
A small, erect, annual herb with stem succulent, smooth, piped, reddish.
Leaves :
Alternate, the lower ones very long petioled, variously lobed with lobes of an acute triangular shape, smooth.
Flowers :
Male flowers on long terminal, globose spikes and short axillary spikes, very numerous and sessile.
Perianth 4-parted.
Stamens 4, anthers 2 celled, very large, female flowers axillary, sessile, crowded.
Perianth 2-tipped with a projecting horn in each side, growing into spines when the seed is ripe. Ovary 1-ceclled, styles 4, white, tapering.
Fruit :
Capsule armed with 2 opposite short horns and crowned with small remaining perianth.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
December - February
Significance :
Commonly cultivated for its leaves which are eaten as bhaji.
It is very cooling, wholesome, antiphretic, laxative, digestible, purify blood and useful in urinary diseases.