Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH327 : Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -

Synonym : Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne., nom. superfl. Amorphophallus campanulatus f. darnleyensis F.M.Bailey Amorphophallus campanulatus var. blumei Prain Amorphophallus chatty Andrews Amorphophallus decurrens (Blanco) Kunth Amorphophallus dixenii K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen Amorphophallus dubius Blume Amorphophallus giganteus Blume, nom. illeg. Amorphophallus gigantiflorus Hayata Amorphophallus malaccensis Ridl. Amorphophallus microappendiculatus Engl. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius var. campanulatus Sivad., nom. inval. Amorphophallus rex Prain Amorphophallus sativus Blume Amorphophallus virosus N.E.Br. Arum campanulatum Roxb., nom. illeg. Arum decurrens Blanco Arum phalliferum Oken Arum rumphii Gaudich., nom. illeg. Candarum hookeri Schott, nom. illeg. Candarum roxburghii Schott, nom. illeg. Candarum rumphii Schott, nom. illeg. Conophallus giganteus Schott ex Miq., nom. illeg. Conophallus sativus (Blume) Schott Dracontium paeoniifolium Dennst. Dracontium polyphyllum Dennst., nom. illeg. Hydrosme gigantiflora (Hayata) S.S.Ying Kunda verrucosa Raf., nom. illeg. Plesmonium nobile Schott Pythion campanulatum Mart., nom. superfl.

Plant Common Name : Elephant Foot Yam, Oal, Gandira, jangli suran, kanda, madana masta, gandira, suvarna-gadde, cinapavu, karunakarang, kizhanna, suran, arsaghna, arshoghna, arsoghna, bahukanda, anaittantu, boomi sallaraikilangu, camattilai, daradakandagadda, ghemikanda, kanda, zamin-kand

Plant Family : Araceae

Description : Herbs, with dark brown tubers. Leaves 30-90 cm broad. Corm to 20 cm across, depressed globose, tubercled, pale pink inside. Petiole to 50 cm long, 3-4 cm thick, green with brown patches; lamina 70-120 cm across; lobes to 14 x 5.5 mm, ovate, acuminate, decurrent at base into a wing to the petiole; nerves impressed above. Spathe 38 cm across, campanulate, undulate, dull greenish brown; spadix as long as spathe; appendage obovoid, 20-25 cm across, uneven, rugose, deep pink. Flowers on the lower half of the spadix. Berry 15 x 10 mm, oblong, obovoid, orange-red, glabrous.

Plant Location in Melghat : Tarubanda

Medicinal Use / Activity : bronchitis, asthma, abdominal pain, emesis, dysentery, enlargement of spleen, piles, elephantiasis, diseases due to vitiated blood, and rheumatic swellings; antiprotease activity, analgesic activity, and cytotoxic activity;

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Quercetin;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1):

Quercetin;

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/244525 - https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Elephant%20Foot%20Yam.html - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3456858/ - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10942912.2016.1247363

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass : Arecidae
Order : Arales
Family : Araceae - Arum family
Genus : Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne. - amorphophallus
Species : Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson