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Drimia indica - Kolakanda
Kolakandais 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.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | kaadu bellulli, naayiulli, seeme nari eerulliadavi-irulli, bheemana ulli |
| Hindi | ban piaz, jangli piaz, janglikanda |
| Malayalam | kanthanga, kattulli |
| Tamil | ciruvenkayam, kaattu vengayam, kakunarakavulli, kattuvengayam |
| Telugu | adavithellagadda, kaazagadda, nakka-vulli-gadda |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | asmantaka, kolakanda, krimighna, panjalaputakanda, putalu, suputa, vana-palandam |
| English |
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
Habit
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. |
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. Flowers 0.8-1.2 cm long, c. 1 cm across, reddish green or dull green, campanulate; pedicels 2-3.5 cm long, curved, drooping; bracts 1-2 mm, deltoid. Perianth 3+3, subequal, 0.8-1 x 0.3-0.4 cm, linear-oblong, subacute, reflexed, free to the base. Stamens 6; filaments c. 3 mm long, adnate to the base of the perianth segments; anthers 1.5-2 mm long, linear, yellow, base auricled. Ovary 3.5-5 x 2-3 mm, oblong or ovoid; style obconic to narrowly elongate; stigma trilobed. |
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
How to plant/cultivate
Season to grow
Soil type
Propagation
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
External Links
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