• Hastipata / Gojibh / हस्तिपता / Elephantopus sp.
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Hastipata / Gojibh / हस्तिपता / Elephantopus sp.

Local Name: Hastipata / Gojibh / हस्तिपता

Common Name:

Botanical Name: Elephantopus sp.

Hastipata / Gojibh / हस्तिपता / Elephantopus sp.

Status & Habitat

  • Habitat: Herb

  • Occurrence: Low woods, along streambanks, roadsides, and in pastures

  • Season of Availability: Warmer parts of the year

  • Geography: Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Americas

  • Method of Propagation: Seed propagation

  • Part used for Propagation: Seeds

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Leaves

  • Can be Eaten Raw: No

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: No

  • Ripe: Yes

  • Both Raw & Ripe: No

  • Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant

  • As Food: Young leaves can be eaten cooked.

  • As Medicine: Used in traditional medicine to treat eczema, fever, and bladder stones.

  • Cooking Method: Young leaves cooked; plant used in ayurvedic medicines.

  • Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A

  • Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: No

  • Souring Agents Required: N/A


Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

  • Nutritional Benefit: Contains carbohydrates, tannins, saponins, proteins and flavonoids

  • Medicinal Benefit: Helps treat eczema, bladder stones and fever.

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Used in traditional medicine to treat eczema, fever, and bladder stones.

Recipes

  • Tribal Recipe: Crush leaves with salt and eat with dahi to help treat dysentary.