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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH288 : Chlorophytum tuberosum (Roxb.) Baker

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 508  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Liliales
Family : Liliaceae - Lily family
Genus : Chlorophytum ker Gawl. - chlorophytum
Species : Chlorophytum tuberosum Roxb.
Plant Location in Melghat : Chikhaldara, Tarubandha , Dhakna, Harisal and Akot ranges  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare, Endemic  
Plant Family : Liliaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Turshi, Edible Chlorophytum, Safed-musli, Dravanti, Veluttanilappana, Kuli, Musli, Tiravanticham, Kuchhela, Sarala pagada
 
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.
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.
 
Curated 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 : -
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 :