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'''Polynesian arrowroot''' is a perennial plant producing a single, leafy stem around 1 metre tall from a tuberous rootstock. The plant was at one time widely cultivated for its edible root in many areas of the tropics, especially in the Pacific Islands.
 
'''Polynesian arrowroot''' is a perennial plant producing a single, leafy stem around 1 metre tall from a tuberous rootstock. The plant was at one time widely cultivated for its edible root in many areas of the tropics, especially in the Pacific Islands.
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==

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Tacca leontopetaloides

Polynesian arrowroot is a perennial plant producing a single, leafy stem around 1 metre tall from a tuberous rootstock. The plant was at one time widely cultivated for its edible root in many areas of the tropics, especially in the Pacific Islands.

Uses

Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Sores, Burns, Earache.[1]

Parts Used

Roots.

Chemical Composition

The chemical compositions of Tacca flour were 0.66 % total of nitrogen, 0.91% lipid, 0.05% ash and 85.7% starch content on dried weight.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ದೈವಕಂದ Daeva kaanda, ಹಂದಿಗೆಡ್ಡೆ Handigedde
Hindi Bagh-moochh
Malayalam Kattuchena
Tamil Cenai, Kakanam
Telugu Adavi dumpa
Marathi Devakanda
Gujarathi Jogi badshah
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Devakanda
English African arrowroot, Batflower

[3]

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

[4]

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, Division of rhizomes.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of low elevations in the moist tropics, where it is most commonly found near the sea and below elevations of 200 metres.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Secondary forest, Thickets, Many open situations, Clearings, Grassland.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemistry
  3. Common names
  4. [Morphology]
  5. Cultivation

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