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==Common names==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:01, 19 June 2020

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Ipomoea batatas is a vigorous scrambling or climbing perennial plant producing stems 4 metres or more long from underground tubers. These stems can scramble over the ground or twine into other plants for support. Where the stems lay along the soil they will root at the nodes and form tubers.

Uses

Measles.[1]

Parts Used

Roots, Young shoots.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಗೆಣಸು ಗಡ್ಡೆ Genasu gadde, ಸೀಗೆಣಸು Seegenasu
Hindi Mitha alu
Malayalam Cakkarakkilangu
Tamil Carkkarai valli
Telugu Chilagadadumpa
Marathi Ratale
Gujarathi Raktalu
Punjabi Shakarkandi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Kiti, Kitimulabha
English Brazilian arrowroot, Sweet potato

[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

[[:Category:Habit - |]]

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, Stem cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Sweet potato is a plant of the tropics, but can also be grown in the subtropics and, if there is a sufficient growing season of 110 - 170 days, as an annual crop in warmer parts of the temperate zone.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Derived in cultivation.

Photo Gallery

References

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

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