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Eleutherine bulbosa - Dayak Onion

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Dayak Onion, Eleutherine bulbosa

Dayak Onion is a bulbous plant, producing a clump of grass-like leaves 15 - 75cm tall. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Dayak Onion

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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
Simple Underground The leaves are radial, lanceshaped and hairless measure 25-60 cm x 1-2.5 cm.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual White The flowers are white or yellow in colour and open in the evening for 2 hours. The flowers are borne in long erect stems and each flower is about 3 cm across.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A capsule {{{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

  • Whole plant

  • Leaves

  • Flower

  • Root

References

External Links

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