Bathua
| Botanical name: | Chenopodium album |
| Family: | Chenopodiaceae |
| Local name: | Bathua, Bathuasaga |
| Common name: | Wild Spinach, Goose foot, Pig weed |
| Parts used: | Leaf; Whole plant |
| Plant character: | It is an erect annual herb with hoary stems and branches. Leaves are distantly serrate. Flowers are small, greenish-white, borne on small cymes on inflorescence. This plant prefers full sunlight though it grows in partial shade. It is a weed in wastelands and also cultivated for its edible leaves. |
USES:
The leaves are used as leafy vegetable. The plant is also used for killing intestinal worms and increasing immunity power. Leaves are also eaten by the heart patients to get relief from heart diseases.
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