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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH397 : Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Blume

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 64  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Arales
Family : Araceae - Arum family
Genus : Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne. - amorphophallus
Species : Amorphophallus bulbifer
Plant Location in Melghat : Most common at Chikhaldara  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Araceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Devil's Tongue, Voodoo Lily, Corpse Flower, Snake Palm, kaadu choorna gedde, kaadu kande gedde, Ran-suran, amalavela, atyamlaparni
 
Synonym : Amorphophallus aculatum Hook.f.
Amorphophallus bulbifer var. atroviridimaculata Engl.
Amorphophallus bulbifer var. marmoratus Engl.
Amorphophallus bulbifer var. tuberculiger (Schott) Engl.
Amorphophallus taccoides Hook.f.
Amorphophallus tuberculiger (Schott) Engl.
Arum bulbiferum Roxb.
Arum punctulatum Zipp. ex Kunth
Arum spectabile Zipp. ex Kunth, pro syn.
Conophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Schott
Conophallus tuberculiger Schott
Pythonium bulbiferum (Roxb.) Schott
Description : Corm globose, to 15 cm across, tubercled. Petiole to 1 m long, 2-3 cm thick, spotted brown; lamina 30-50 cm across, segmented, pinnatisect, bulbiferous at the base and forks and on the nerves above; lobes to 20 mm, obovate, lanceolate. Spadix sessile; spathe to 40 x 10 cm, at the broadest part, pale pink; male and female contiguous; female flowers covering 4.5 cm of the spike; male flowers to appendages cylindrical.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : In Ayurveda; Corn powder with honey taken internally to cure duodenal ulcers, intestinal ulcers and blood cancer. (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002)
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID :