Dioscorea bulbifera L. - air yam
Dioscorea bulbifera L. - air yam
MC053 : Dioscorea bulbifera L.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 503 |
| Synonym | : | Dioscorea anthropophagorum A.Chev.;
Dioscorea bulbifera var. albotuberosa Y.F.Zhou, Z.L.Xu & Y.Y.Hang;
Dioscorea bulbifera var. anthropophagorum (A.Chev.) Summerh.;
Dioscorea bulbifera var. crispata (Roxb.) Prain;
Dioscorea bulbifera var. elongata ;(F.M.Bailey) Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea bulbifera var. pulchella (Roxb.) Prain;
Dioscorea bulbifera var. sativa Prain;
Dioscorea bulbifera var. suavia Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea bulbifera var. vera Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea crispata Roxb.;
Dioscorea heterophylla Roxb.;
Dioscorea hoffa Cordem.;
Dioscorea hofika Jum. & H.Perrier;
Dioscorea korrorensis R.Knuth;
Dioscorea latifolia Benth.;
Dioscorea longipetiolata Baudon;
Dioscorea perrieri R.Knuth;
Dioscorea pulchella Roxb.;
Dioscorea rogersii Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea sativa f. domestica Makino;
Dioscorea sativa var. elongata F.M.Bailey;
Dioscorea sativa var. rotunda F.M.Bailey;
Dioscorea sylvestris De Wild.;
Dioscorea tamifolia Salisb.;
Dioscorea tenuiflora Schltdl.;
Dioscorea violacea Baudon, nom. illeg.;
Helmia bulbifera (L.) Kunth;
Polynome bulbifera (L.) Salisb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Gathalu, Mataru, K- Bayal, Aerial yam, Air potato, Air yam, Bitter yam, Cheeky yam, Potato yam, Wild yam, Zimikand, Kukuralu, Pannu pilangu, Kadu-karanda, Gitthe tarul |
| Plant Family | : | Dioscoreaceae |
| Description | : | Vines with tuberous root stocks; Stem terete, twining to left. Leaves 9-25 x 8-23 cm, ovate-suborbicular, base deeply cordate, apex acuminate to shortly caudate, membranous, glabrous, basally 9-11-ribbed; petiole to 20 cm long. Bulbils frequent in leaf axils and in inflorescence. Male flowers in slender, axillary panicled spikes, pendulous, to 18 cm long; bracteoles ovate, acute. Perianth light green; lobes 6, biseriate, c. 2.5 mm long, linear-oblong. Stamens 6 free. Female spikes 1-3 together; staminodes 3; ovary triquetrous, 3-locular, ovules 2-per locule; styles 3; stigma 2-fid, reflexed. Capsules 1.5-2.3 x 1-1.5 cm, oblong, 3-winged. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | treat conjunctivitis, Diarrhea, and dysentery, among other ailments. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: diosgenin; stigmasterol; azelaic acid; diosbulbin B; diosbulbin F; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Diosgenin; Stigmasterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229554
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Air%20Yam.html
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/19295
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28952257 |
| Reference | : | ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Aadil Mustafa, Aziz Ahmad, Aadil Hussain Tantray and Parvaiz Ahmad Parry; "Ethnopharmacological Potential and Medicinal Uses of Miracle Herb Dioscorea spp."; Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine (2018); 4(2): 79-85 PMID : ~ Sanjeet Kumar, Gitishree Das, Han-Seung Shin, and Jayanta Kumar Patra; "Dioscorea spp. (A Wild Edible Tuber): A Study on Its Ethnopharmacological Potential and Traditional Use by the Local People of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, India"; Frontiers in Pharmacology (2017); 8:52 PMID : 28261094 ~ Sheikh N., Kumar Y., Misra A. K., Pfoze L.; "Phytochemical screening to validate the ethnobotanical importance of root tubers of Dioscorea species of Meghalaya, North East India."; J. Med. Plant Stud. (2013); 1, 62-69 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Liliales |
| Family | : Dioscoreaceae - Yam family |
| Genus | : Dioscorea L. - yam |
| Species | : Dioscorea bulbifera L. - air yam |