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Dayak Onion, Eleutherine bulbosa

Dayak Onion is a bulbous plant, producing a clump of grass-like leaves 15 - 75cm tall. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Uses

Wound healing, Intestinal worms, Sprains, Epileptic fits, ^[1]

Parts Used

Root

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Dayak Onion

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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

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Underground	The leaves are radial, lanceshaped and hairless measure 25-60 cm x 1-2.5 cm.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual		White		The flowers are white or yellow in colour and open in the evening for 2 hours. The flowers are borne in long erect stems and each flower is about 3 cm across.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
A capsule					{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

Whole plant
Leaves
Flower
Root

References

External Links

[Uses-1] Uses

[Common_names-2] Botonic description Vernacular names

[Leaf-3] Botonic description

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-'''Dayak Onion''', is a bulbous plant, producing a clump of grass-like leaves 15 - 75cm tall. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
+'''Dayak Onion''' is a bulbous plant, producing a clump of grass-like leaves 15 - 75cm tall. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
 ==Uses==
 {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Sprains}}, {{Uses|Epileptic fits}},
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 ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 ==Where to get the saplings==
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 ==External Links==
+* [https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dayak%20Onion.html Eleutherine bulbosa on flowersofindia.net]
+* [http://www.tropicalplantresearch.com/archives/?year=2018&vol=5&issue=3&ArticleId=283 Eleutherine bulbosa on tropicalplantresearch.com]
 [[Category:Herbs]]
 [[Category:Iridaceae]]