Karot
Daucus carota · Carrot
- Names in the book
- English: Carrots; Tagalog: Karot
- Used for
- Stomach and digestion
- Colours
- flowerwhite
- Native range
- Europe, southwestern Asia and North Africa
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Printed as
- Daucus carota Linn.
- Sources
- Healing Wonders of Herbs (1985), page 98 · Wikipedia
The plant today
The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable in the umbellifer family Apiaceae. Carrots are typically orange in colour due to their beta-carotene content, which makes them a rich source of vitamin A. Heirloom variants may be white, yellow, red, purple, or black. They are biennial plants. The vegetable is a domesticated form of the wild carrot, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The domesticated plant probably originated in Iran where it was cultivated for its leaves and seeds. In 2022, world production of carrots (combined with turnips) topped 42 million tonnes, with China producing 44% of the total.
Excerpt from “Carrot” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recorded in the Philippines
GBIF holds 11 records of this plant from the Philippines. The ones with map coordinates fall in 3 provinces: Zamboanga del Norte (7), Iloilo (1), Isabela (1).
Counts from GBIF occurrence records, October 2026. They include planted trees and garden plants, and a province with no records may only lack collectors.
What the 1985 book uses it for
A record of home remedies from 1985, with the book's amounts and doses reworded. It is not medical advice.
- HyperacidityBlended with cabbage and water into a juice, drunk before meals.One large carrot and a quarter kilo of cabbage, sliced and blended with 2 glasses of water, then strained. A tablespoon of sugar is optional. Drink a glass 30 minutes before meals and when the stomach hurts. Make only a day's supply.Page 29
Summarised from Herminia de Guzman-Ladion, Healing Wonders of Herbs (Manila: Philippine Publishing House, 1985), where this plant is shown as “Karot” on page 98. The book is in copyright, so its wording and photographs are not reproduced. Amounts are the book's, restated.
Recent research
The most cited papers since 2022 that name this plant in the title, pulled from Europe PMC in October 2026. Titles are the authors' own and the findings have not been reviewed here.
- Comparative elucidation of colour, volatile and phenolic profiles of black carrot (Daucus carota L.) pomace and powders prepared by five different drying methods
- Telomere-to-telomere carrot (Daucus carota) genome assembly reveals carotenoid characteristics
- Role of magnesium oxide nanoparticles in the mitigation of lead-induced stress in Daucus carota: modulation in polyamines and antioxidant enzymes