Marigold gained popularity amongst gardeners
and flower dealers on account of its easy culture and wide adaptability.
Its habit of free flowering,
short duration to produce marketable flowers,
wide spectrum of attractive odour, shape,
size and
good keeping quality attracted the attention
of flower growers.
In India, it is one of the most commonly
grown flowers and extensively used on religious and social functions, in one
forms or other.
nMarigold is especially used
for
nBeautification
and also used in landscape plans due to the variable height and colour of flowers.
nIt is highly
suitable as a bedding plant, in a herbaceous border
nIdeal for newly
planted shrubberies to provide colour and fill the spaces
nFrench marigold
is most ideal for rockery, edging, hanging baskets and window boxes.
nTherapeutic
uses - Both leaves and flowers are equally important from medicinal
point of view:
nLeaf paste is used externally
against ‘boils’ (hard inflamed tumor) and carbuncles (inflamed ulcer)
nLeaf extract is good remedy for
earache
nFlower extract is considered as
blood purifier
nCures bleeding piles
nGood remedy for eye diseases and
ulcers.
nThe essential oil present in
different species of tagetes can find a use in the perfume
industry.
nRich
in carotene pigments.
nXanthophylls
are the major carotenoid fraction in the flower petals.
nLutein a/c for 80 – 90% of total Xanthophylls
content.
nUsed for poultry feed to
intensify the yellow colour of the egg yolk and broiler skin and flesh.
nand also
for fish.
nAlso used for colouring food stuffs also.
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