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🌱 About the plant

A Himalayan pseudo-grain that flowers white and feeds every bee for miles.

Growing it

Sixty days of frost-free weather is all it needs.

What it is for

Kuttu flour for vrat food; outstanding bee plant.

🪴 How to grow

Sunlight

Full sun

पानी

Fortnightly

मौसम

Jun–Jul

Grows in

Garden / ground, Terrace / rooftop

Mature size

60–120 cm

First harvest

Seventy-five days

Sixty days of frost-free weather is all it needs.

🌾 Traditional uses

Traditionally used — recorded as tradition, not as established effect. The two registers below are kept separate on purpose.

Traditional knowledge

Kuttu flour for vrat food; outstanding bee plant.

Scientific evidence

This record has not yet assessed the research on these uses. Absence of an assessment here is not evidence either way.

Important: Traditional plant use does not replace professional medical advice. Do not treat a condition on the strength of this page — speak to a doctor.

🐝 Ecological value

🗺️ Where it grows in India