Wednesday 28 November 2012

Karisalankanni

This is also called as 'khayantharai keerai' in tamil language.

The Tamilnadu Agricultural University portal in this link

http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horticulture_gallery/medicinal_crops/index.html

has picture like this


But in kanyakumari district the below plants are called as Kayantharai by the locals.




The above plants are not kodupai keerai though it looks like that. It is not brahmi also as its flowers does not look like that. It is not karisalankanni as it is identified as below in an image from the web.

Karisalankanni is also called as kayonni.


Kayonni is also botanically called Eclipta alba.



In Wikipedia the page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipta_alba which says both Eclipta prostrata and Eclipta alba are same,

has pictures of this plant which is more different looking, such as this:






6 comments:

  1. sir how to use this white karislakanni

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  2. that plant with slender, sturdy stem, white flowers with small long leaves is called ponnanganni. one of many varieties of ponnanganni. I grow it in my balcony. wen cooked with dhal, onion n tomatoes tastes divine.

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  3. Will appreciate if you could post a brief note on how to grow them in balcony thanks

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  4. Will appreciate if you could post a brief note on how to grow them in balcony thanks

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  5. Sir,
    How to start farm for this

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  6. I need this leaf ,where can I get?? Anyone say plzz

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