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Tropaeolum majus

Climber

HomeClimberTropaeolum majus

Coastal and disturbed areas from sea level to 3000 metres.

Family: Tropaeolaceae
Height: 3.5 m / 12 ft
Sun
Light, Medium Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 3 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Nasturtium, Indian Cress Tropaeolum majus native habitat is Coastal and disturbed areas from sea level to 3000 metres.

Edible Uses

Leaves - raw. A hot watercress flavour. Very nice on its own or as a flavouring in mixed salads. Rich in vitamin C. The leaves are available from early summer until the first frosts of the autumn. Flowers - raw. A very ornamental and tasty addition to the salad bowl, the flowers have a hot watercress flavour and are available all through the summer. The flowers contain about 130mg vitamin C per 100g. Young seed pods - raw. These are even hotter than the flowers or leaves. They can also be harvested whilst immature and pickled for use as a caper substitute. Seed - raw or cooked. Very hot. The mature seed can be ground into a powder and used as a pepper substitute. The seed contains 26% protein and 10% oil.

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