BANANA PLANT WITH FLOWER The banana flower is the flower of banana plant growing under the bunch of tiny bananas .It is large and maroon colored cone shaped flower with cream colored florets layered inside ,and it is hangs from the bottom of the bunch of bananas .The banana flower has several alternate names like vazhaipoo ,banana heart and banana blossom .Banana flowers are edible ,highly nutritious, slightly bitter and starchy taste.The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. Botanical name of the banana plant is musaparadisiaca .The native of this plant is India and southeast Asia . Banana flower is used for preparing many recipes like stews ,soups ,salads .stir fry dishes, meat dishes and it can be eaten raw .The florets of the banana flowers need to be cleaned well before they are cooked as a vegetable . It has a lot of medicinal property .Banana flowers are rich vitamins like C and E, fl...
Pavalamalli Pavalamalli is a popular medicinal plant having lots of medicinal properties used for treating various diseases in Indian system of alternative medicines like Siddha, Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Home remedies. This herb belongs to the family of oleaceae and native to India, now it is widely distributed in tropical and sub tropical regions of the Asian continent. It is grown as an ornamental plant in the house gardens of Tamil Nadu, India. This herb is commonly known as night flowering jasmine , coral jasmine in English , Parijata in Sanskrit and Kannada, Harsingar in Hindi and Bengali, Parijatakam in Malayalam, Parijathak in Marathi, Pavalamalli or Parijatham in Tamil. Pavalamalli is a shrub or a small tree which grows up to 10 meters in height with flaky grey bark. The leaves are opposite, simple which are 6 to 21 cm long and 2 to 6.5 cm broad with entire margin. The flowers are fragrant with five to eight lobed white...
Ponnavarai is a medicinal herb having lots of curative properties. Botanical name of this herb is senna occidentalis or cassia occidentalis . It belongs to the family of fabaceace . Cassia occidentalis or senna occidentalis is a perennial shrub that grows in tropical and temperate climates. It is mostly found in rainy season in between the plants, roadsides, waste lands all over TamilNadu in India. This plant grows up to height of 3 feet. Its flowers are yellow in color. Other names of this herb are coffee senna, stinking weed, kasundi, mogdad coffee, etc. Seeds of this shrub are commonly used as an adulterant in coffee. The whole plants, seeds, leaves roots has lot of nutrients like apigenin, amodiene, emodin, quercetin, amino acids, volatile oil, oleic acid, tannin, linoleic acid, minerals like magnesium, calsium, iron, etc. The leaves of this herb is very effective in treating obesity and constipation. Take a hand full of leaves, wash it and the cut into small piec...
Today is world heart day take the path to a healthy heart.Heart is one of the vital organ in our body it is so unique for its function .A organ weighed about 250 g -300 g like a human fist.A healthy life style will make your heart stronger. "SAVE YOUR HEART"through natural methods. -Have a heart friendly diet like fruits , vegetables ,whole grains,fish,unsaturated fats,limit sodium,fiber rich foods ,low fat diary products ,protein rich food like pulses. -Omega 3 fatty acids are good for our heart. -Be active,do brisk walking for 40 minutes or a regular moderate exercise it is the gift for our heart because it will keep our blood cholesterol,blood sugar and blood pressure in normal levels. -Be free from stress,anxiety ,anger , depression,loneliness because they are the enemies for our heart. -Avoid smoking,liquor and tobacco for healthy heart. -Happiness is the good mentor for our heart. Add your regular diet with food stuffs like spinach, drum stick...
BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA Boerhavia diffusa is a medicinal ,flowering spreading weed ,widely dispersed throughout India ,the Pacific and southern parts of united states .It is commonly known as punarnava ,which means rejuvenates the body .Boerhavia diffusa is belongs to the family of nyctaginaceae .This medicinal herb is mostly spread on the ground as a weed during the rainy season in India but dries in summer . The leaves are small with whitish color on the lower surface and upper surface is green color .Flowers are very small pinkish and red color .The whole plant has medicinal property ,taste of this herb is bitter and pungent . This herb is called mukaratai saaranai or saranaththi in Tamil ,hog weed in English ,Punaranava in Hindi and Bengali ,Raktakunda in sanskrit ,varshabu in telugu . This plant contains many useful nutrients and phytochemicals like punarnavoside ,retenoids ,boeravinones , alkaloids vitamin A ,B ,C ,D and E , pottassium ,iron ...
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