Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
MC056 : Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 506 |
| Synonym | : | Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst.;
Dioscorea changjiangensis F.W.Xing & Z.X.Li;
Dioscorea codonopsidifolia Kamik.;
Dioscorea digitata Mill.;
Dioscorea globifera R.Knuth;
Dioscorea jacquemontii Hook.f.;
Dioscorea kleiniana Kunth;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. cardonii Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. communis Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. hortorum Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. jacquemontii (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. javanica Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. kussok Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. linnaei Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. malaica Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. palmata Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. papuana Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. rheedei Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. sacerdotalis Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. simplicifolia Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. suli Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill;
Dioscorea pentaphylla var. unifoliata R.Knuth;
Dioscorea spinosa Burm.;
Dioscorea triphylla L.;
Synonym Hamatris triphylla (L.) Salisb.
Synonym Ubium quadrifarium J.F.Gmel.
Synonym Ubium scandens J.St.-Hil. |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Babra, Five Leaf Yam, Mountain yam, Wild yam, Prickly yam, Kanta alu, kada kanda, Ha, Shendvel, Chedukundi, Kaattuvalli, Nuurai, Vallai kodi, katu-nuren-kelengu, nuraigenassu, nuraikaju, Adavi ginusu tiga, Dukka pendalam, Monyakku pendalam, Pendi muka tiga, kaadugumbala, adavigummathiga, kaadu gumbala, suaralu, dura alu, kanta alu, shuoralu, chupri alu, kontaalu, kantakalu |
| Plant Family | : | Dioscoreaceae |
| Description | : | Tubers irregular, usually long ovoid; transverse section white when fresh, becoming brown; roots fibrous. Stem twining to left, sparsely puberulent, glabrescent, prickly. Bulblets present. Leaves alternate, palmately 3--7-foliolate; petiole 5--11 cm, densely reddish brown pubescent; leaflets ovate to lanceolate, 6.5--24 × 1.5--9 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially appressed pubescent, sometimes glabrescent, pinnately veined, base attenuate into a ± tomentose petiolule, margin entire, apex acute. Male spikes in axillary panicles to 50 cm, often with long, lateral branches; axis brown pubescent. Male flowers: sessile or subsessile; bract and bracteole reniform, forming an involucel around perianth, sparsely hairy, apex cuspidate; stamens 3. Female spikes simple or branched, brown puberulent. Female flowers: bracts, perianth, and ovary hairy. Capsule black at maturity, long ellipsoid, 2--2.5 cm, thinly leathery, sparsely hairy; wings 0.5--0.6 cm wide. Seeds inserted near apex of capsule; wing pointing toward capsule base. Fl. Aug--Oct, fr. Nov--Feb. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In moist localities at higher elevations |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Leaf paste mixed with mustard oil is rubbed on the effected part to treat rheumatism. The juice of the plant is applied to boils. A decoction of the plant is applied to swellings. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Alkaloid: Dioscorin ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028128
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229552
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Five%20Leaf%20Yam.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dioscorea+pentaphylla |
| 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 pentaphylla L. |