Chinese Potato: A Potential Minor Tuber Crop
Siddhanta Mishra*
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
Sonia Bhuyan
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
Samarendra Narayan Mallick
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
Pinki Mohapatra
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
Vijay Bahadur Singh Chauhan
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Chinese potato, Minor tuber crop, Plectranthus rotundifolius, Traditional use
Abstract
Chinese Potato (Plectranthus rotundifolius Poir.) Spreng. belongs to Lamiaceae family is native to tropical Africa and grown in some parts of India in small scale, particularly in Kerala and Tamil Nadu for its edible tuber. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. Chinese potato cultivated for edible purposes in southern part of India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and globally in South Africa and South-Asian countries. Other than immense nutritional properties, this plant has potential for treatment of stomach disorders, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth and throat infection, abdominal pain, wounds, burns, insect bites and other sensory disorders. Chinese potato is an important minor tuber crop and it can be incorporated for agro biodiversity purposes in farming system for crop diversification.
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