Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Amorphophallus sylvaticus Tubers
Scientific Name and Description
Amorphophallus sylvaticus (ROXB.) KUNTH
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Synantherias sylvatica SCHOTT
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Kannada | kaadu suvarna gedde, suvarna gedde |
| Marathi | vajrathula, wajramuta |
| Sanskrit | aranyasurana, chitrakandaka, shvetasurana, sitasurana, surendra, vajrakanda, vanakanda, vanaolla, vanja, vanya |
| Tamil | aracokanakku,aranai, aranaicceti, araniya, cakunmam, cancivikkarunai, cempinitavuralpokki, cempinuralpokki, curanaki, curanakikkilanku, curanancam, itiraikkilanku, itirakkilanku, itirkkilanku, kaattukarunai, kantakai, kattuk karunai, kattukkaranai, kattukkarunai, kentakattaittailamakki ,pasanaparpi, vanakantam, vanakkantam, Jangli Kachchu |
| Telugu | adavi chaama, adavi-kanda |
| Hindi | Jangli Suran |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Root tuber
Ethnopharmacology use
Amorphophallus sylvaticus (Roxb.) Kunth Herb Tuber Cough; sexual weakness General Bhuvaneswari et al. 2015
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Bhuvaneswari et al. 2015
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Citations
Herb citations
Amorphophallus sylvaticus. (2024, January 23). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_sylvaticus