‘Golden Grex (Yellow)’
Ref: CHEN_BE_VU_CRAC_002
Common Name: Beetroot / Betterave / Παντζάρι
Scientific Name: Beta vulgaris craca
Plant’s cycle: Biennial
Light Requirement: full sun
Soil type: fertile, moist, saline soil, ph 6.0 - 6.8
Sowing in nursery: March
Direct Planting: April
Germination: 8 to 12 days after sowing (15 – 26 ºC)
Harvest: 90 – 120 days
Spacing: 25cm/35cm/2cm
Flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs)
Pollination: Cross-pollinated by wind
Plant is self-incompatible
Seed preservation: 5 years
Edible Parts: Cooked Leaves and roots
Medicine: Antitumor; Carminative; Emmenagogue; Haemostatic; Stomachic; Tonic
The root contain betaine which promotes the regeneration of liver cells and the metabolism of fat cells. The root is partly responsible for red beet's immune-enhancing effect. The root is carminative, haemostatic, stomachic and a tonic. A decoction prepared from the seed has been used as a remedy for tumours of the intestines. The seed, boiled in water, is said to cure genital tumours. The juice or other parts of the plant is said to help in the treatment of tumours, leukaemia and other forms of cancer such as cancer of the breast, oesophagus, glands, head, intestines, leg, lip, lung, prostate, rectum, spleen, stomach, and uterus. A decoction is used as a purgative by those who suffer from haemorrhoids in South Africa. Leaves and roots used as an emmenagogue. Plant effective in the treatment of feline ascariasis.