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Edibles Encyclopedia खाद्य पौधों की पूरी जानकारी — Hindi और English में

Vegetables, fruits and herbs — complete growing guides, nutrition, harvest time and Indian kitchen uses

🌿 All Edibles (111) 🥬 Vegetables 🍎 Fruits 🌿 Herbs & Medicinal 🌾 Crops & Grains

Sesame Til Farming India — Makar Sankranti Oldest Oilseed Encyclopedia

Sesame / Til — 3,500 BCE India's OLDEST oilseed! Calcium 975mg (3x ragi!). Pods shatter — MORNING harvest only. Sesamin+Sesamolin unique lignans — only in sesame. Makar Sankranti traditional science validated.

Sesame Til 3500 BCE Oldest

🌍 Indus Valley 3,500 BCE — India's OLDEST indigenous oilseed! Every Hindu ritual uses til. View Guide →

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Cabbage / Patta Gobhi

पत्ता गोभी / बंद गोभी

Brassica oleracea var. capitata

Cabbage / Patta Gobhi — stores 2-4 weeks on plant in cold (unique!). 1-3 kg per plant. Head splitting = twist plant to break roots. Second crop from stumps free.

🌱 Sep-Oct nursery | Oct-Nov transplant | Jan-March harvest ⏱️ 80-120 days from transplant

Cabbage Patta Gobhi Head Splitting

🌍 Coastal Mediterranean Europe — evolved from wild sea cabbage View Guide →

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Mulberry / Shahtut

शहतूत / तूत

Morus alba (white) | M. nigra (black) | M. rubra (red)

Mulberry / Shahtut — India's fastest fruiting tree (12-18 months cutting!). Leaf tea = clinically proven anti-diabetic (1-DNJ). Feb-April season. Stains everything — wear old clothes!

🌱 Cutting propagation — 85-90% success | Feb-March best | Fruits in 12-18 months! ⏱️ 12-18 months from cutting — India's FASTEST fruiting tree!

Mulberry Shahtut Fastest Fruiting Tree

🌍 China and India — both centers of origin. 5,000+ years silk connection. View Guide →

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Ajwain / Carom Seeds

अजवायन

Trachyspermum ammi (syn. Carum copticum)

Ajwain — 30-35% thymol (same as Listerine, MORE concentrated!). Market ajwain = free planting seeds! Leaves edible as vegetable (Rajasthan). Direct sow only. Pregnancy large doses: caution.

🌱 Sept-Oct DIRECT SOW only (taproot) | Market ajwain seeds = planting seeds! ⏱️ Leaves: 4-6 weeks | Seeds: 3-4 months | Dry conditions = more thymol in seeds

Ajwain Carom 30-35% Thymol

🌍 Indian subcontinent — native. Ancient Ayurvedic texts. India world's primary producer. View Guide →

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Sunflower / Surajmukhi

सूरजमुखी

Helianthus annuus

Sunflower — Vitamin E 274% RDA (HIGHEST common oil!). Young plants track sun, mature heads FIXED facing east. Boron critical (hollow stem without it). Bird damage = 20-40% yield loss. Rabi best season.

Sunflower Surajmukhi Vitamin E 274% Highest

🌍 North America — India cultivation 1960s-70s. Karnataka = India's largest state producer. View Guide →

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Garlic / Lahsun

लहसुन

Allium sativum

Garlic / Lahsun — crush + wait 10 min before cooking (allicin forms!). 1 clove → 8-12 cloves harvest. Blood pressure proven. Stop 7-14 days before surgery. Black garlic = upgraded.

🌱 Oct-Nov planting | April-May harvest (6 months) ⏱️ 150-180 days — when 50% leaves turn yellow

Garlic Lahsun Allicin

🌍 Central Asia — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan region. 5,000+ years. View Guide →

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Passion Fruit

पैशन फ्रूट / कृष्ण फल

Passiflora edulis f. edulis (purple) | P. edulis f. flavicarpa (yellow)

Passion Fruit — most complex flower (Christ's Passion story!). Highest fiber tropical fruit (10.4g). Plant 2 vines for cross-pollination. Leaf tea for anxiety. Hills 600m+ only (purple).

Passion Fruit Complex Flower Highest Fiber Tropical

🌍 South America — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. Colonial era to India. View Guide →

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Shatavari / Wild Asparagus

शतावरी

Asparagus racemosus

Shatavari — women's rasayana AND men too! Milk +33% (clinical). Shoots edible like asparagus. Wears gloves (thorns). 15-20 year perennial. Asparagus allergy: caution.

🌱 June-July or March-April | From seed or plant | Deep pit, trellis/support needed ⏱️ Year 2: shoots | Year 3: roots (partial harvest) | Perennial 15-20 years

Shatavari Wild Asparagus Milk +33% Clinical

🌍 India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas — native. "She who has hundred husbands." Rasayana. View Guide →

Sugarcane Ganna Farming India — UP Cash Crop Jaggery Ethanol Encyclopedia

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Sugarcane / Ganna / Ikh

गन्ना / ईख

Saccharum officinarum (and interspecific hybrids)

Sugarcane / Ganna — India's most politically sensitive crop! SAP Rs.400/qt but mill arrears real problem. Gur 2x price + iron 11mg (vs zero in sugar). Drip irrigation saves 40-50% water. Ratoon = free second harvest.

Sugarcane Ganna Mill Arrears Problem

🌍 New Guinea — India cultivation 3,000+ years. India = world's 2nd largest producer. UP = 45% national. View Guide →

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