Nasturtium जलकुंभी फूल

🌱 About the plant

Edible flowers and leaves, and a magnet that pulls aphids off your vegetables.

Growing it

Poor soil gives more flowers; rich soil gives only leaves.

What it is for

Salad flowers; a deliberate aphid trap crop.

🪴 How to grow

Sunlight

Four hours of sun

Water

Twice a week

Season

Oct–Nov

Grows in

Balcony, Terrace / rooftop

Mature size

Trailing 1 m

First harvest

Flowers 55 days

Poor soil gives more flowers; rich soil gives only leaves.

🌾 Traditional uses

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

Traditional knowledge

Salad flowers; a deliberate aphid trap crop.

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