INTRODUCTION TO LESSER KNOWN
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT SPECIES OF KERALA
VOL. 1
Common Name:- Clove Bean
Botanic Name:- Ipomoea muricata
Malayalam Name:- Nithya Vazhuthina
Clove bean is a crop can be grown throughout the year Hence it is called 'Nithya Vazhuthana' in Malayalam. It is a vine plant with small bunches of fruits. Tender fruits are used for cooking. The fruit are with long pedicels and swollen tips like bulb. The is vegetable was popular until few years ago.New generation is not really familiar with this vegetable.
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Clove bean are all season crop which does not require specific method for cultivation. The seeds @ 6-7 kg/ha are planted at a spacing of 1.0 x 0.6 m. There is no serious pest or disease incidence in the crop. Average yield is 5-6 t/ha. The plant doesn't require any special care providing bio fertilizers and irrigation would help to increase yield .It will start flowering after 2 months from the time of planting and continue to produce fruits for longer period.
Nutritive value:-
The fruits contain fibre, vitamin C, potassium and calcium.
Medicinal value:-
Powdered clove bean are known remedy to fever. Plants juice is sprayed to kill bugs.
Food Value:-
Tender fruits are used for cooking. The fruits are prepared into tasty curries as brinjal.
16 comments:
very useful informatiom. thank you.
My dad planted this tree during childhood and i remember helping him pluck the fruits on daily basis... it's one of my fondest childhood memories ...i still remember how nityavazhuthananga mezhukkupiratti tasted..... It was so.good... Where can i buy the seeds... In which all countries is this cultivated... Why is it so rare though it's said that there are not many factors inhibiting its growth....
u can get seeds from
Agriculture university,vellanikkara,thrissur
I am thankful to your comments as well as to the blogger. I was ransacking internet for this plant.. It was my favorite "mezhukkupuratty" next to "Kovakkay" and okra. I am thankful to broad minded Sri. Chakkochan for his benevolence.
Appreciated if you could help me to find where "Thakare" is! It is the miraculous spinach that still keep my eyes to see better even @45. I will love to have these two plants.
I doubt if "Vettipazham" is extinct?
Thanks to you all once again..
itoo have been searching for vettipazham. few years ago i was told there is a tree in an uncle's tharavadu, but this year when i wnet there. that was cut off as it was in the way of their planned road entry.i hope that too like many other plant survive the ravages of the biggest pest on earth-humans who are clueless
Aj
Execellent information on Clove Bean which is very useful. In fact I want to grow this plant in my Roof Garden. Can you help me with the seeds or saplings. -- rkrajagopalan.
Here in kollam kerala i got the seeds from a garden store . abt 20-25 seeds for rs10.. Abt 15-17 grew
The bloom looks like a morning glory.
We have planted last month in our vellore, TN farm and the plant is quick in growing..!
ఔను ఈది కూరగాయల మార్కెట్ లలో అసలు కనిపించదు విత్టునం నాటిన 2 నెలలకు వస్తుంది
నేను ఈ మొక్కను పండిస్తున్న. పురుగు లాంటివి థినికి అసలు రావు
Thank you, good info.
I have in Australia
We have in Australia
My clove beans is flowering but not bearing fruits. It's over 2 months since planted. Any suggestions?
I got this seeds from Amazon. Now after two months of plantation in my roof garden, harvesting is started. Today I am cooking the clove beans mixing with brinjal. Taste is very fine.
S Venkateswara Rao
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