- Common name:
- Mexican Poppy, Mexican Prickly Poppy, Cardosanto
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Daruri, Firangi-kote-pavola, Dhotara. Hindi - Shialkanta, Satyanashi, Gujrati - Darudi, Malyalam - Ponnummattu, Tamil - Kutiyotti, Telugu - Brahmadandicettu
- Category:
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Shrubs, Groundcovers, Medicinal Plants
- Family:
- Papaveraceae or Poppy family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Yellow
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Form:
- Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
-
- Attracts bees
- Animals will not eat
- Thorny or Spiny
- Poisonous if eaten
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Plant Description:
- - It is a prickly, glabrous, branching herb with yellow juice and showy yellow flowers, The Sanskrit name svarnakshiri is given because of the yellow juice (Svarna - Gold; Kshiri - Juice ) In India it is introduced and naturalised and occurs as a wasteland weed in almost every part of India.
- In many parts of the world it is repoorted as a crop weed.
- Leaves are thistlelike.
- Stem clasping, Oblong, sinuately pinnatifid, spinous and viens are white. Flowers are terminal, yellow and of 2.5–5.0 cm diameter.
- Fruits are capsule Flowering time is all round the year in Indian conditions.
- The plants is toxic to animals and cattle avoid grazing this plant.
- The mexican poppy, grows in waste lands and is a perennial herb which grows to a height of about 1 meter.
- The leaves have spines and are sessile or without petioles.
- The flowers are yellow.
- The friut ocnsists of capsule bearing several small spines and seeds which resemble the mustard.
- Used for jaundice.
- Externally used for eye diseases.
- Used for treatment of asthma
- - The root and stem are used to restore normal functions of the body, especially in chronic skin diseases and inflammation of the urinary bladder.
- In asthma the infusion of the seed is used in the dose of 1 teaspoonful for 1 cup of boiling water.
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Growing tips:
- - PLants are not usually planted in gardens.
- Is quite easy to grow as it does not require any care.
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