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Dioscorea bulbifera

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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

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