What is manja payal in english?
The species Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau is known by the common name Manja payal in Malayalam.
- Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau
Limnocharis flava (common names: yellow velvetleaf, sawah flower rush, sawah lettuce) is a species of aquatic flowering plant native to the Americas but now also found in many parts of Asia. It is cultivated for its edible young leaves, petioles (stalks), and floral shoots. In some places, it is consumed similarly to spinach.
In English, Manja payal (Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau) is known by Hermit’s waterlily, Sawah-flower rush, Sawah lettuce, Yellow burrhead, or Yellow velvetleaf.
- The children eat the fruit and the father sleeps on the peel.
- —Cypriot proverb