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Amorphophallus campanulatus

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Amorphophallus campanulatus is commonly known as Elephant foot yam. It is used in India to prepare curries and pickles and used to treat for vata and kapha, anaemia and general debility.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Standard β-sitosterol was procured from Sigma-Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany). Solvents used to prepare mobile phase solutions were of HPLC grade and purchased from Merck (Germany). [1]

Common names

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

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

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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

How to plant/cultivate

A temperature in the range of 25 - 35°c is required with an annual rainfall of 1,000 - 1,500mm.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

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References

External Links

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