Dahlia pinnata herb benefit

Dahlia pinnata has tuberous roots and showy colored flower heads. Dahlia pinnata plants are native to the mountains of Mexico, Central America and Colombia.

Dahlia pinnata powder is sold by herbal suppliers apparently for medicinal purposes. One such supplier of dahlia pinnata powder is NP Nutra company.

As of August 2010, no published human studies with dahlia pinnata could be found on Medline.

Curcumin Turmeric home

Effect of different growing media on the growth and development of Dahlia (Dahlia pinnata) under the agro-climatic condition of Dera Ismail Khan.
Pak J Biol Sci. 2007 Nov 15;10(22):4140-3.
Kiran M, Baloch JU, Waseem K, Jilani MS, Muhammad Qasim K.Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan.
An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different growing media on the growth and development of Dahlia (Dahlia pinnata). Seven different growing media including sand, silt, leaf mold, sand + silt, sand + leaf mold, silt + leaf mold and sand + silt + leaf mold, were used to check the growth and development of dahlia in pots. The over all best performance was recorded in media sand + silt + leaf mold for almost all the parameters; plant height (42.08 cm), stem thickness (1.93 cm), number of branches per plant (3.6), minimum days to flowering (91.66), number of flowers per plant (10.6), number of petals per flower (13), diameter of flower (8.8 cm) and vase life of flower (5 days). The media leaf mold alone also performed significantly well for all the parameters including the maximum 42.55 leaves per plant. Sand, when used alone as a growing medium showed the least response and provided unsatisfactory results for all the parameters.