Introduction

Family : Umbelliferae (Apiaceae)

Botanical Name : Daucus carota

English/Common Name : Carrot

Choromosome Number : 2n =18

Place of origin : It is supposed to have originated from Central Asia

• It is consumed as raw or cooked with other vegetable, curries, pickles, halwa, sweet meals,rayata, salad.
• Rich source of Vitamin A and iron and contains good quantities of Vitamin B and C and rich in sugar, protein, fat and minerals in traces