Amorphophallus bulbifer
Amorphophallus bulbifer
MH397 : Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Blume
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 64 |
| 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; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Devil's Tongue, Voodoo Lily, Corpse Flower, Snake Palm, kaadu choorna gedde, kaadu kande gedde, Ran-suran, amalavela, atyamlaparni |
| Plant Family | : | Araceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Most common at Chikhaldara |
| 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 | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228696
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Devil's%20Tongue.html |
| 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 : |
| 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 bulbifer |