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'''Dioscorea bulbifera''' is a glabrous-leafed, non-spiny, perennial climbing plant. These stems scramble over the ground, or twine into the surrounding vegetation. The stems twine left-handed and produce aerial axillary bulbils.
 
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{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Haemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Purulent ophthalmia}}, {{Uses|Snakebite}}.
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===Food===
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Dioscorea bulbifera can be used in Food. Underground and aerial tubers are eaten raw, roasted, boiled or cooked as vegetable. Before the use they are washed thoroughly in running water<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
  
 
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It contains the following chemical constituents - Beta-sitosterol, Daucosterol, Dioscin, Diosgenin, Pennogenin, Stigmasterol, Catechin, Myricetin, Quercetin, Kaempferol, Isorhamnetin.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
 
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{{Common names|sa=Varahi kanda|en=Air potato, Yam|hi=Jamin Kand|kn=Heggenasu, Handigedde|ta=Ponnu Kilangu, Kaivalli kodi|te=Chedu Padddumpa}}
  
 
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Dioscorea bulbifera Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Niacin (B3), Ribofl avin, Thiamine (B1); diosgenin, lucein, neoxanthin, auroxanthin and cyrptoxanthin; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
  
 
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{{Flower|||||Flowering from July to October}}
  
 
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A plant of the moist, lowland tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 12 - 38°c<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Dioscorea bulbifera is available through July-March<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
  
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">Journal paper - South African Journal of Botany - Dioscorea bulbifera L. (Dioscoreaceae): A review of its ethnobotany, pharmacology and conservation needs</ref>
 
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dioscorea+bulbifera Cultivation]</ref>
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<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.68, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
 
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* [https://wiki.bugwood.org/Dioscorea_bulbifera Dioscorea bulbifera on bugwood.org]
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Latest revision as of 08:51, 15 October 2023

Dioscorea bulbifera at Kadavoor.jpg

Dioscorea bulbifera is a glabrous-leafed, non-spiny, perennial climbing plant. These stems scramble over the ground, or twine into the surrounding vegetation. The stems twine left-handed and produce aerial axillary bulbils.

Uses

Diarrhoea, Haemorrhoids, Fever, Purulent ophthalmia, Snakebite.

Food

Dioscorea bulbifera can be used in Food. Underground and aerial tubers are eaten raw, roasted, boiled or cooked as vegetable. Before the use they are washed thoroughly in running water[1].

Parts Used

Aerial tuber, Root.

Chemical Composition

It contains the following chemical constituents - Beta-sitosterol, Daucosterol, Dioscin, Diosgenin, Pennogenin, Stigmasterol, Catechin, Myricetin, Quercetin, Kaempferol, Isorhamnetin.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Heggenasu, Handigedde
Hindi Jamin Kand
Malayalam NA
Tamil Ponnu Kilangu, Kaivalli kodi
Telugu Chedu Padddumpa
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Varahi kanda
English Air potato, Yam


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

Nutritional components

Dioscorea bulbifera Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Niacin (B3), Ribofl avin, Thiamine (B1); diosgenin, lucein, neoxanthin, auroxanthin and cyrptoxanthin; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium[1].

Habit

Perennial climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Flowering from July to October

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Fruiting from July to October

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings of tubers.

Cultivation Details

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 12 - 38°c[4]. Dioscorea bulbifera is available through July-March[1].

Commonly seen growing in areas

Grassland.

Photo Gallery

  • Dioscorea bulbifera at Kadavoor.jpg
  • Dioscorea bulbifera (5000915437).jpg

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.68, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  2. ↑ Journal paper - South African Journal of Botany - Dioscorea bulbifera L. (Dioscoreaceae): A review of its ethnobotany, pharmacology and conservation needs
  3. ↑ [Morphology]
  4. ↑ Cultivation

External Links

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