Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Scientific Name and Description
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Dioscorea opposita Thunb.
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill[1]
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill[1]
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Kanta alu |
| Bengali | Peutka |
| Kannada | aenna soora, bellaraai, bellarai, bellare, bellaroy, ennasara, hakki genasu, imsara, inaasara, inasara, kaadu genasu, neerabatte, neerbatte, nirballe, nirbatte, nirbatti, tabinere, taveneve, thaabi nere |
| Malayalam | kachil |
| Marathi | choratogu, gilandru, mar-paspoli, paspoli |
| Sanskrit | amlardraka, sarpakhya |
| Tamil | alakamatitakkilanku, alakamatitam, avatengatige, kavala-kodi, kayvalli2, kayvallikkilanku, maruvalli, maruvallikkilanku, thavai-kachchu, varivalli, varivallikkoti, venil valli, verrilaivalli, verrilaivallikkilankukkoti, verrolaivalli, vettilaivalli |
| Telugu | adavidumpathige, adavidumpatige, adaviyatagathige, adaviyatagatige, adividumpatheega, adiviyatagatige, aretega, aretegalu, arethegalu, aretige, arithige, athyaga, atyaga, avatengatige, avathengathige, cencudumpa, chenchudampa, chenchudumpa, ganuga, karrapendalamu, naarabadlu, tella gadda, tsuntsugadda, yella gadda |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Root tuber
Rhizome
Leaves
Flowers
Ethnopharmacology use
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Habit -Climber
Parts used -Leaves, flower, tuber, rhizome, root
Application -Snakebite; for increasing body vigour; stomach ulcer; toothache; aphthae; uterus cancer; fractures; itching; scorpion bite
Treatment -General
References -Raju 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Raju 2008
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
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 Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Citations
Herb citations
Dioscorea oppositifolia. (2024, May 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_oppositifolia