Tropaeolum majus *Family: Tropaeolaceae (Nasturtium family) Common name: Nasturtium, Garden nasturtium, Indian cress

*Botanical name: Tropaeolum majus *Family: Tropaeolaceae (Nasturtium family)

*Location : Babhnan Basti Uttar Pradesh India

*Date:03-03-2022

Common name: Nasturtium, Garden nasturtium, Indian cress

Tropaeolum is a genus of dicotyledonous annual or perennial plants, often with somewhat succulent stems and sometimes tuberous roots. The alternate leaves are hairless, peltate, and entire or palmately lobed. The petioles or leaf stalks are long and in many species are able to twine around other stems to provide support. The flowers are bisexual and showy, set singly on long stalks in the axils of the leaves. They have five sepals, the uppermost of which is elongated into a nectar spur. The five petals are clawed, with the lower three unlike the upper two. The eight stamens are in two whorls of unequal length and the superior ovary has three segments and three stigmas on a single style. The fruit is naked and nut-like, with three single seed segments

Nasturtium contains important plant compounds to skin and scalp health, particularly vitamin A (beta-carotene), vitamin C, vitamin E, and flavonoids. These superhero compounds work to protect the skin, scalp and hair from the damage of the sun's rays, as well as pollution, and other environmental bad guys.

@ Shivam Maddhesiya