Mainly medicinal The leaves are traditionally used as diuretic, galactagogue, anthelmintic, antiulcer, laxative and antiperiodic. The plant is also used ethnomedicinally in throat infections, skin diseases and jaundice.
Whole plant edible, mostly a famine food. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Venkatesan-Govindan-2/publication/335828622_Traditional_wild_edible_plants_from_Cauvery_Delta_Region_of_Tamilnadu_India/links/5d7e6bc0a6fdcc2f0f711af2/Traditional-wild-edible-plants-from-Cauvery-Delta-Region-of-Tamilnadu-India.pdf Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. https://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 1:46 PM Swamy Kusom <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Saroj Ji, > > What is the edible part in this species *Oxystelma esculentum*? > esculentum refers to edible > > Thank you, > > Raja K Swamy > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 11:24 AM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Oxystelma* *esculentum* (L. f.) Sm. ! >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 11:24 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Prabhat ji >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J. M. Garg >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Kumar Prabhat Das <[email protected]> >>> Date: Sun, 27 Aug, 2023, 22:03 >>> Subject: Regarding identification of the species collected from Gajapati >>> Odisha on may 2022 >>> To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBO4yg42hTcxsxpOcQq3ToVTvmPGrHNh7aHF-%2Bv3Gqi%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBO4yg42hTcxsxpOcQq3ToVTvmPGrHNh7aHF-%2Bv3Gqi%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "eFloraofIndia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytRXuJL7Nm80tZi%3DNQQKA7VkaJpiEjb_noC9NG0FgXe-cA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytRXuJL7Nm80tZi%3DNQQKA7VkaJpiEjb_noC9NG0FgXe-cA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Regards, > > Raja Kullayi Swamy > DharmaVana Nature Ark > Secundarabad > Telangana-500051 > Mob: 8105212737; 9985296167 > > > > Previously-- > TE-11, Karanth's lab > CES, IISC > Bangalore 560 012 > Mob: 8105212737; 9985296167 > I sifted from [email protected] to this ([email protected]) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAFPhFOoKJq1GB1d3N17bD6NiRdQGv1OvH_8B3BNpHkFogauNUQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAFPhFOoKJq1GB1d3N17bD6NiRdQGv1OvH_8B3BNpHkFogauNUQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAHiXKpXPzEHuXj4p97eYUJ2SCoBA%2Bc6FhCKxUHrStV0s6dW09g%40mail.gmail.com.
