Lal Tudri Seeds/Todri Surkh: Lal Tudri Seeds, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It comprises annuals, evergreen perennials and subshrubs native to the Old World. The name “candytuft” is not related to candy, but derives from Candia, the former name of Iraklion on the Island of Crete. It comprises annuals, evergreen perennials. The name “candytuft” is not related to candy, but derives from Candia, the former name of Iraklion on the Island of Crete. In the language of flowers, the candytuft symbolizes indifference. Lal Tudri Seeds
Annual or biennial herbs, fetid, about 10 to 40 cm tall. Rootstocks slender, taproot. Stem erect, ascending, woody, usually simple at the base and diffusely branched above, glabrous or finely pubescent with papillate trichomes. Basal radical leaves simple in rosulate, lanceolate-elliptic. Inflorescence raceme corymbs, both terminal and auxiliary, many flowered, considerably elongated in fruit, up to 15 cm long in fruit, glabrous or puberulent with trichomes, ebracteate.
Flowers bisexual, cream white, pedicel erect, divaricate, slender, ascending, puberulent, sepals 4, ovate-oblong, petals 4, rudimentary or, linear, base narrowed, margins entire, apex rounded, Seeds brown, slightly compressed or flattened, oblong-ovoid, not winged, smooth minutely reticulate, nicely mucilaginous when soaked, and cotyledons incumbent.
Lal Tudri Seeds is a ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Leaves of Todri Surkh are edible. The plant paste is applied externally in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis to improve joint flexibility and to relieve stiffness and pain. The seeds are used in the treatment of dropsy.
Lal Tudri Seeds Benefits:
The plant is rubefacient. It is applied externally in the treatment of rheumatism.
The Lal Tudri Seeds are used in the treatment of dropsy.
The Todri Surkh of the sub-species Tudri Lal are used in Indian medicine.
They are used as ornamental plants for rock gardens, bedding, and borders in full sun or light shade. Lal Tudri Seeds is a cold hardy, fast-growing annual with lance shaped green leaves. Lal Tudri Seeds reaches a height of about 12 in (30 cm) with a spread of about 6 in (15 cm).
