Sessile Joyweed or Honagone Soppu | Did you know that Sessile Joyweed or Honagone Soppu, a prized greens, in pink and maroon colours, is a non-toxic plant used as vegetable and in salads. and also as a herbal medicine?
Sessile Joyweed or Honagone Soppu Did you know that Sessile Joyweed or Honagone Soppu, a prized greens, in pink and maroon colours, is a non-toxic plant used as vegetable and in salads. and also as a herbal medicine? Sessile Joyweed or Honagone Soppu in Kannada language, with botanical name Alternanthera sessilis in the family of Amaranthaceae, which is one of 16 tropical and subtropical species, is an aquatic plant, a common annual but greatly prized in India as greens. It is a non-toxic plant used as vegetable and in salads and as a medicinal herb in folk and Ayurvedic medicine. The plant which grows throughout the warmer parts of India, preferably in wet places especially around tanks and ponds, is known in Indian languages as Honagone Soppu in Kannada, Ponnanganni Kerai in Tamil, Ponnaganti koora in Telugu, Koypa in Marathi, Matikaduri in Assamese, Peannaaṅaṇi in Malayalam, Sanchesak in Bengali, Gudari Saag in Hindi, and as Matsyaakshi Matsyag...
