Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c5.s3.25

Language: English

c5.s3.25

Underground stems and such roots as Radish (hypocotyl modified) are called kanda. These are described as ‘like roots, but not roots, serve as a means of propagation’ (यन्मूलमेव बीजं स कन्दः). As examples are mentioned:

Previous: c5.s3.24
Next: c5.s3.26
Up: c5.s3