Brassica juncea (Aba)

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  Brassica juncea*
   

   
Scientific name : Brassica juncea*

Family name : BRASSICACEAE

English name : Mustard

Local name : Aba

Description : Perennial herb, usually grown as an annual or biennial, up to 1 m or more tall. Lower leaves petioled, green, variously lobed with toothed, scalloped or frilled edges, lyrate-pinnatisect, with 1–2 lobes or leaflets on each side and a larger sparsely setose, terminal lobe; upper leaves subentire, 30–60 mm long, 2–3.5 mm wide, constricted at intervals, sessile. Flowers bright yellow. Fruit a green, sickle shaped pod

Status : Naturalized Exotic

Edible parts : Seed

Ayurvedic usage :
Treatment for-
• Lung infections
• Thyroid Diseases
• Paediatrics Diseases
PARTS  USED  IN  TREATMENT:
• Leaves
• Seeds
• Root