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Drimia indica - Kolakanda

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Kolakanda, Drimia indica

Kolakanda is a bulbous perennial plant with delicate maroonish pendant flowers that bloom from leafless bulbs during the summer. The strap shaped leaves appear in the rainy season. The bulb is eaten by locals. Kolakanda is found throughout India in stony or gravelly substrate.

Uses

Skin diseases, Cold, Cough, Difficulty in micturition, Cardiac problems, Intestinal worms [1]

Food

Kolakanda can be used in Food. Tubers are eaten raw or cooked as vegetable. Tender leaves are cooked as vegetable[2].

Parts Used

Rhizome

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಬಿಳಿ ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ Bili eerulli, ಕಾಡು ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ Kaadu bellulli
Hindi Ban piaz, Jangli piaz, Janglikanda
Malayalam Kaattulli, Kaanthenga
Tamil Ciruvenkayam, Kaattu vengayam
Telugu Adavithellagadda, Kaazagadda, Nakka-vulli-gadda
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Asmantaka, Kolakanda
English Indian squill, Sea onion, White squill

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Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), , Teekshna (Strong)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Karma

Vata

Prabhava

Nutritional components

Cleome viscosa Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A, B and C; Cardiac glycosides; Flavonoids- Quercetin, Kaempferol, Sinistrinn; Calcium oxalate; Glycosides - scillaren-A and scillaren-B; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Zinc[2].

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Rosette Bulbous, scapigerous herbs; bulbs tunicated, 3.5-6 x 2.5-6.5 cm, globose-conical. Leaves radical with sheathing base, 13-25 x 0.6-2.5 cm, linear, lanceolate or lorate.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Scape Purplish brown 6 Scapes 17-45 cm tall, erect, purpish brown, 4-15-flowered.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A capsule 10-20 x 5-10 mm Brownish yellow Seeds 4-10 in each cell, 4-7 x 3-4 mm, winged. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Bulbs.

Cultivation Details

Drimia indica is available through February-May[2].

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

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References

  1. Uses
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.71, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  3. Vernacular names
  4. BOTANIC DESCRIPTION

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