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Ulam Raja are large bushy plants with edible leaves that are eaten raw and are a key ingredient in Nasi Ulam, a rice salad eaten in Southeast Asia. The plant also produces small pink flowers that attract a variety of butterflies and bees.
- NParks | Cosmos caudatus - National Parks Board
Compound flowers are composed of 8 purple or red, petal-like...
- NParks | Cosmos caudatus - National Parks Board
Cosmos caudatus, known locally as Ulam Raja or “King's Salad,” belongs to the family Asteraceae. C. caudatus is a medicinal plant originating from Latin America and later grown in Southeast Asia. It grows up to 3 m in height and bears pink or purple flowers. The leaves and shoots of C. caudatus can be consumed raw.
- Shi-Hui Cheng, Mohd Yusof Barakatun-Nisak, Joseph Anthony, Amin Ismail
- 10.4103/1735-1995.172796
- 2015
- J Res Med Sci. 2015 Oct; 20(10): 1000-1006.
Cosmos caudatus is edible and its common names include kenikir (Indonesia) or ulam raja (in Malaysia, calqued as "the King's salad"). In Indonesian cuisine and Malaysian cuisine the leaves of this plant are used for salad.
Compound flowers are composed of 8 purple or red, petal-like ray florets and many yellowish-green disk florets in the center. Fruit. Dry fruits are known as achenes. Each fruit is 1-3 cm in length, approximately linear with 4 sides, and contains 1 seed. Habitat.
- A Plant with Many Uses
- Ulam Raja and Diabetes
- Inflammation Markers Also Improved by Ulam Raja
- Inhibiting alpha-glucosidase
- A Lack of Side Effects
- Multiple Medicinal Constituents in Ulam Raja
- Nature Is Smart
- References
Ulam raja (Cosmos caudatus) is indigenous throughout Central and South America, as well as Asia and many tropical regions around the world. Its pink, purple and white flowers can often be seen grown along roadsides and dormant fields. In the U.S. the plant can be found growing primarily in Florida. The plant has been used medicinally for centuries ...
The interest in Ulam raja as a treatment for diabeteshas grown as it has graduated from laboratory research. Now researchers from Malaysia’s Putra University School of Medicine have put the plant medicine to the test on human type-2 diabetes patients. The researchers tested Ulam raja with 101 type-2 diabetes patients in a hospital setting. The rese...
The treatment with the Cosmos caudatus herb also resulted in a significant reduction of hs-CRP among the diabetes patients. Hs-CRP levels went down from 4.48 milligrams per liter (mg/L) to 2.95 mg/L. Meanwhile, the control group had only a very minor drop, from 4.03 to 3.79 mg/L. The patients treated with the Ulam raja also had a fairly significant...
As we’ve discussed among other medicinal herbs, Ulam raja acts synergistically to influence different metabolic activities within the body. One of these is inhibiting alpha-glucosidase. Alpha-glucosidase is an enzyme that breaks down larger carbohydrates into smaller glucose molecules. By inhibiting alpha-glucosidase, the body will release glucose ...
The patients treated with the Ulam raja medicinal herb reported no side effects. The reduction of liver enzymes also indicated to the researchers the lack of potential side effects over a longer period of treatment with Ulam raja. They concluded that the drop in liver enzymes left the Ulam raja more than a safe treatment.
The reality of multiple medicinal constituents within Cosmos caudatus relates specifically to its ability to affect metabolism from different aspects. And like many other medicinal plants, Ulam raja is complex. It contains up to a hundred or more constituents. These include caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, quercetin, catechins, ferulic acid, kaempfe...
Nature’s intelligence is illustrated by not only the lack of side effects. It is shown by some of the other problems with pharmaceutical treatments. One of the problems with pharmaceutical anti-diabetic treatments to date is that while they might regulate insulin supply, they do little to help prevent damage to the pancreas. Rather, their chemical ...
Shi-Hui Cheng, Amin Ismail, Joseph Anthony, Ooi Chuan Ng, Azizah Abdul Hamid, and Mohd Yusof Barakatun-Nisak, “Eight Weeks of Cosmos caudatus (Ulam Raja) SupplementationImproves Glycemic Status in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2015, Article ID 405615, 7 pag...
Ulam Raja is a medicinal herb and has been used for centuries for numerous metabolic disorders. These uses have been authenticated over the last couple of decades as the plant has been found in laboratory research to reduce blood pressure and bone loss.
Nov 2, 2018 · Cosmos caudatus, known as Ulam Raja (King’s Salad) in Malaysia, is an important herb commonly consumed as a raw vegetable by the local Malay community is well-known for its health benefits. It is found in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and Malaysia.
