Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Chinese yam
Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Chinese yam
MC055 : Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 505 |
| Synonym | : | Dioscorea batatas Decne.;
Dioscorea opposita Thunb.;
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Gilandru, G- Giris- Kanda, Cinnamon Vine, Chinese Yam, Air potato, inasara, nirbatte, tabinere, kachil, paspoli, gilandru, choratogu, pittalu, amlardraka, sarpakhya, vettilaivalli, venil valli, adavidumpatige, adaviyatagatige, |
| Plant Family | : | Dioscoreaceae |
| Description | : | Stem terete, twining to right, glabrous. Leaves 8-15 x 2-5 cm, opposite, elliptic, ovate or oblong, rounded or acute at base, 3-5 nerved; margins coriaceous; petiole to 3 cm long. Spike 2-6 cm long, slender, 3-6 together along the peduncle; peduncle 15-20 cm long; bracts lanceolate. Male tepals ovate, obtuse; stamens 6. Female Flowers distant; tepals 1mm long, orbicular, glabrous. Capsule 20 x 30 mm, glabrous. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Tuber : Swelling, scorpion stings, and snake bites. Oral administration of tuber powder mixed with honey for increasing sperm. Fracture |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: palmitic acid; beta-sitosterol; oleic acid ; beta-sitosterol acetate; nonanedioic acid; beta-daucosterol; 6-methyl citrate; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Beta-sitosterol; Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cinnamon%20Vine.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32167
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5306286/ |
| Reference | : | ~ 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 oppositifolia L. Chinese yam |