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Chlorophytum tuberosum can be used in Food. Tender leaves are cooked as vegetable. Tubers are eaten raw.
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Chlorophytum tuberosum contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Glycoside; Hemicellulose; Mucilage; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Sodium Zinc<ref name="Nutritional components"/>
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Chlorophytum tuberosum contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Glycoside; Hemicellulose; Mucilage; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Sodium Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
  
 
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Chlorophytum tuberosum is available through June to September<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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<ref name="Nutritional components">Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, MACS - Agharkar Research Institute, Pune</ref>
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<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.50, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
 
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Revision as of 11:50, 27 October 2021

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Chlorophytum tuberosum is a herb usually growing up to 20–50 cm tall. Its underground parts comprise a short rhizome, often surrounded by fibres, which bears swollen roots with dark tubers to up 7 cm long at their tips.

Uses

Obesity, Diabetes, Leucorrhea, Pregnancy problems.

Food

Chlorophytum tuberosum can be used in Food. Tender leaves are cooked as vegetable. Tubers are eaten raw[1].

Parts Used

Tubers, Leaf.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Safed-musli
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi Kuli
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Edible Chlorophytum


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

Nutritional components

Chlorophytum tuberosum contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Glycoside; Hemicellulose; Mucilage; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Sodium Zinc[1]

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

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

[[:Category:Index of Plants which can be propagated by |]]

Cultivation Details

Chlorophytum tuberosum is available through June to September[1]

Commonly seen growing in areas

In open areas of deciduous forests.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.50, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  2. [Chemical constituents]
  3. [Morphology]

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