• Kardai / करडई / Prickly Poppy / Argemone mexicana
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Kardai / करडई / Prickly Poppy / Argemone mexicana

Local Name: Kardai / करडई

Common Name: Prickly Poppy

Botanical Name: Argemone mexicana

Kardai / करडई / Prickly Poppy / Argemone mexicana

Status & Habitat

  • Habitat: Herb

  • Occurrence: New road cuttings or verges

  • Season of Availability: Warmer parts of the year

  • Geography: Mexico

  • Method of Propagation: Seed propagation

  • Part used for Propagation: Seeds

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Seeds

  • Can be Eaten Raw: No

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: No

  • Ripe: Yes

  • Both Raw & Ripe: No

  • Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant

  • As Food: Rarely eaten; used mostly medicinally.

  • As Medicine: Helps with constipation, blood impurities, and jaundice.

  • Cooking Method: Used in 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: High protein content.

  • Medicinal Benefit: Root and seed oil help with constipation; sap and root juice helps cure blood impurities; sap and whole plant help with jaundice.

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Root and seed oil help with constipation; sap and root juice helps cure blood impurities; sap and whole plant help with jaundice.

Recipes

  • Tribal Recipe: Oil derived from seeds may be consumed in very small quantities.