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Dioscorea bulbifera L.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Dioscorea bulbifera |
| Family name: |
DIOSCOREACEAE
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| English name: |
Air Yam
Aerial Yam
Potato Yam
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| Sinhala name: |
Udala (උඩල)
Panu kodol (පණු කොඩොල්)
Bakamuna wel (බකමූණ වැල් )
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| Tamil name: |
Mothaka Valli
Rasa Valli
Pannukkizhangu
Kaattukkaayvalli
Kaatuccirakavalli
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| Sanskrit name: |
Aaluka Bheda
Aluka
Varahi-kand
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Plants tuberous or not; tubers, when present, buried just below ground surface, globose; stems twining counter-clockwise, climbing to more than 20 m , often flecked with purple, unwinged or rarely narrowly winged, terete , producing axillary bulbils, up to more than 5 cm in diameter. Leaves 5-25 ?? 5-26 cm; petiole usually somewhat shorter than blade, 1-4 mm wide. Staminate inflorescences axillary, cymose , to 70 cm long; cymes reduced to 1 sessile bracteolate flower, internodes ca. 2 mm long. Pistillate inflorescences borne singly or fasciculate, to 6 per axil, spicate; spikes bearing to 50 flowers, 6-40 cm. Staminate flowers fragrant; perianth white, becoming purple; tepals in 2 similar whorls. Pistillate flowers: perianth greenish white. Capsules longer than wide, 1.8-2.8 ?? 1-1.5 cm. Seeds unilaterally winged, 12-20 mm.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Goiter
Cancers
Hematemesis
Haemoptysis
Uterine Bleedings
Toxicity
Abdominal Pains
Cramps
Impotency
Haemorrhoids
Hormonal Deficiency
Hysteria
Infertility
Nervous Excitability
Syphilis
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Tuber
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Anti Spasmodic
Analgesic
Aphrodisiac
Diuretic
Rejuvenative
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