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Amorphophallus campanulatus

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Amorphophallus campanulatus-Jardin botanique de Kandy.jpg

Amorphophallus campanulatus is commonly known as Elephant foot yam. It is used in India to prepare curries and pickles and used to treat for vata and kapha, anaemia and general debility.

Uses

Piles, Dysentery, Acute rheumatism, Snakebites,Diarrhoea.

Parts Used

Young leaves.

Chemical Composition

Standard β-sitosterol was procured from Sigma-Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany). Solvents used to prepare mobile phase solutions were of HPLC grade and purchased from Merck (Germany). [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
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English


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A temperature in the range of 25 - 35°c is required with an annual rainfall of 1,000 - 1,500mm.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Secondary forests, Shrub forests, Grasslands.

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