Suaeda maritima
Uses
India: an essential article of diet in times of famine. China: shoots and leaves eaten.
Additional Information
- Name Authority:
- Dumont
- Vernaculars:
- Telugu: Vellakora, Kodee -kasseray -kura. Tamil: Kayey -kaseeray -keray. Punjabi: Lani. English: Sea Blight
- Misc:
- Chemical composition (after Hooper): Water = 83.70% (fresh). Fat = 2.58% (dry). Albumenoids = 11.10% (dry). Carbohydrates = 38.80% (dry). Fibre = 10.17% (dry). Ash = 18.13% (dry). Nitrogen = 1.77% (dry). Phosphoric acid = .55% (dry). Silicates = 1.89% (dry). Soil type preferred by plant - Bengal, Bombay, Madras: salt marshes. Puragative quality of plant removed by boiling.
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