Chlorophytum tuberosum Roxb.
MH288 : Chlorophytum tuberosum (Roxb.) Baker
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 508 |
| Synonym | : | Acrospira lilioides A.Chev.;
Anthericum kilimandscharicum Poelln.;
Anthericum niveum (Poir.) Spreng.;
Anthericum ornithogaloides Hochst. ex A.Rich.;
Anthericum tuberosum Roxb.;
Chlorophytum anthericoideum Dalzell.;
Chlorophytum kulsii Cufod.;
Chlorophytum niveum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida.;
Chlorophytum russii Chiov.;
Liliago nivea (Poir.) C.Presl.;
Liliago tuberosa (Roxb.) C.Presl.;
Phalangium niveum Poir.;
Phalangium ornithogaloides (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf.;
Phalangium tuberosum (Roxb.) Kunth.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Turshi, Edible Chlorophytum, Safed-musli, Dravanti, Veluttanilappana, Kuli, Musli, Tiravanticham, Kuchhela, Sarala pagada |
| Plant Family | : | Liliaceae |
| Description | : | Leaves 15-25 x 1-1.5 cm, ensiform, sheathing at base. Scape 25-35 cm; flowers towards tip of spike, racemose. Bracts 1-3 cm long, lanceolate. Flowers white, 2-2.5 cm across. Ovule 4 or more in each cell; stigma simple. Capsule 1-1.5 x 0.8-1 cm, oblong, triquetrous. Seeds 0.3-0.35 cm long, irregularly pitted. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chikhaldara, Tarubandha , Dhakna, Harisal and Akot ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Sexual Problems, Tonic; Safed musali is used as an aphrodisiac and galactogogue as well as for its nutritive, health promoting properties and immunoenhancing, Hepatoprotective and anti-oxidants activities. The tubers are also used in fever, Leucorrhoea and also as an aphrodisiac. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare, Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229169
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Edible%20Chlorophytum.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059447/ |
| Reference | : | ~ Sharada Laxman Deore, Neha Brijmohan Jajoo, Kailaspati Prabhakar Chittam and Tushar Atmaram Deshmukh; "Comparative Pharmacognostic, Phytochemical and Biological evaluation between five Chlorophytum species"; Pharmacognosy Journal (2015); 7(5): 317-325 PMID : ~ 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 : ~ 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 | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Liliales |
| Family | : Liliaceae - Lily family |
| Genus | : Chlorophytum ker Gawl. - chlorophytum |
| Species | : Chlorophytum tuberosum Roxb. |