Paris polyphylla

Paris polyphylla

Paris polyphylla is an Asian species of flowering plant native to China, Taiwan, the Indian Subcontinent, and Indochina. It produces spider-like flowers that throw out long, thread-like, yellowish green petals throughout most of the warm summer months and into the autumn. In the fall, the flowers are followed by small, scarlet berries. It is a perennial, which slowly spreads, is fully hardy in Britain, and survives in leafy, moist soil in either complete or partial shade.

Uses

Analgesic, Antibacterial, Anti- phlogistic, Antispasmodic, Antitussive, Any poisonous bites Burn, Cut or injury, Depurative Detoxification, Diarrhea, Dressing.

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

The compounds were identified as: β-sitosterol; ergosta-7, 22-dien-3-one; β-ecdysone; kaempferol; daucosterol; luteolin; calonysterone; luteolin-7-O-glucoside; quercetin; and 3β, 5α, 9α- trihydroxyergosta-7, 22dien-6-one. Compounds 2, 6 and 10 were isolated from Paris polyphylla var.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Himalayan Paris

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	rounded to cuneate in shape	Leaves are found in a whorl of 4 to 9 leaves and they are petioled (4–6 cm), Leaves are 2.5–5.0 cm wide. The dull-green leaves contain three primary veins and spread out in a horizontal whorl at the top of the stem

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	narrowly ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate	yellow-green		3–5 mm in length, while the inner tepals are usually yellow-green, narrowly linear, and are shorter or longer than outer ones (about 1.5 mm long).

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Paris polyphylla Sm. (Satuwa) is one of the medicinal plants listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. Seed viability was found to be low and the seeds did not germinate in laboratory conditions even under different chemical treatments. There seems to be a need for raising awareness amongst people who live in environments in which Paris polyphylla propagates.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest.

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