
Plant / Crop name – Ramtil (Niger)
Botanical name –
Guizotia abyssinica
Family – Asteraceae (Compositae)
Niger is a slender, more branching, and yellow-flowered seasonal plant of the Asteraceae family (Flower family) that is grown for its seeds from which oil is extracted, which is very effective.
Plant description of Ramtil (Nizer)
Plant – Its plant is 4 to 6 feet high, full of subsidiary branches. But in today’s time, its height remains only 1 to 3 feet. Its stem is soft and green in early stages, and black and hard in maturity. Then in the dry state, it is comparatively more rigid and darker black.
Flower – Its flower is yellow in color with 4 petals and is full of the pollen grain.
Leaf – Its leaves are conical green.
Seed – Its seeds are of small black color about 0.5 cm in size. From which oil is extracted and used.
Scientific classification of Niger (Ramtil)
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms (flower plant group)
(unranked) : Eudicots
(unranked) : Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae (Flower family)
Genus: Guizotia
Species: G. abyssinica
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