Sometimes the "weeds" we accidentally cut away can be valuable folk vegetables.

At first I thought it was just the grass next door, cut away so many times. 😅

But when I searched the information about "ginseng," I found the name "Thai ginseng," which looks like grass in the neighborhood, and I examined it further and found that this plant is Thai ginseng, or Talinum paniculatum, which is classified as both a folk vegetable and a herb mentioned in many Thai sources.

Thai ginseng is an edible plant, popularly eating young shoots and young leaves as vegetables, such as poking chili sauce, stir frying, or adding fresh curry. Data from the Herbal Database of the School of Pharmacy, Ubon Ratchathani University indicate that suprasin and roots are used in folk wisdom, and their use as herbs nourish the body and cure exhaustion is discussed.

In the area of food value, some sources indicate that Thai ginseng is a vegetable that contains nutrients and elements of interest, such as vitamins and certain minerals, but based on data, no standard nutrition tables or numerical analysis results have been clearly seen that confirm the details.

Also interesting is that Thai ginseng is a plant that is easy to grow, tolerates the environment well, and often rises on its own in the desert or in the garden, so it is a vegetable that many people overlook, even if they can collect young peaks.

Sometimes the "weeds" that we accidentally cut away can be a valuable folk vegetable and increase the variety on the dining table. The important thing is to reduce the cost of the house. 🌱

* * * Credit Photo taken from google

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