Dioscorea pentaphylla Kanta alu | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Dioscorea pentaphylla

Scientific Name and Description

Dioscorea pentaphylla L

Herb Family

Dioscoreaceae

Plant type

Climber

Plant Synonyms

Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst.
Dioscorea triphylla L.
Dioscorea digitata Mill.
Dioscorea spinosa Burm.
Ubium quadrifarium J.F.Gmel.
Ubium scandens J.St.-Hil.
Dioscorea kleiniana Kunth
Hamatris triphylla (L.) Salisb.
Dioscorea jacquemontii Hook.f.
Dioscorea globifera R.Knuth
Dioscorea codonopsidifolia Kamik.
Dioscorea changjiangensis F.W.Xing & Z.X.Li

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Common names	five-leaved yam, katu ala
Hindi	Katu, bhusa, bursa, dregal, gajaria, kada kanda, kanta alu, kantaalu, phal alu, phalu alu, ratalu, tena, teona, teoni
Bengali	Kachu
Tamil	Kattusalgam
Telugu	Pedda cheruku
Malayalam	Kutta, kattunurankilannu, kattunurankizhannu, kattunurunnakilannu, katu-nuren-kelengu, nuraigenassu, nuraikaju, nurankilangu, nurankilannu, nurankizhannu, nuren-kelengu, nurenikelangu, nurenkelengu, nurkavan, nurunnakilannu
Kannada	adavigummathiga, kaadu gumbala, kaadugumbala
Marathi	chataveli, dhai-karamdi, koneti, mamdel, manda, shendvel, ulasi
Sanskrit	kantakalu
Tamil	chedukundi, kattu valli kalangu, kattukkilangu, kattuvalli, keval, kevali, nurangilangu, nurankilanku#, nurankilanku, vallai-kodi, vallaikkoti, vallikodi
Telugu	adavi-ginusu tiga, adavigummaditiga, chenchu gadda, dukka pendalam, dukka pendulamu, kaaruchemba, kanta alu, karucamba, karuchemba, monyakku-pendalam, mullupendalam, mullupendalamu, nuludumpa, pandi mukku dumpa, pandigada, pandimukkudumpa, pendi-muka tiga

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Aerial parts

Roots

Stem

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Botanical name : Dioscorea pentaphylla L

Family : Dioscoreaceae

Part used : Tubers

Antidote for : Worm bite

Formulations and application : Tubers is made into paste and applied externally for swelling due to poisonous worm bite.

Source: Antidote: Medicinal plants - Dr. Shivamanjunatha MP - JMPS 2022; 10(1): 139-143

Dioscorea pentaphylla L. Govinda gadda Dioscoreaceae Tuber Rheumatism
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

Habit -Climber

Parts used -Aerial parts, root

Application -Rheumatism; Cough; piles; ovulation enhancement; menorrhegia; rheumatism; intestinal worms; antidiarrhoeal; increases immunity

Treatment -General; women

References -Sheikh et al. 2013, Tetali et al. 2009

Herbs Medical Indications

References

Literature

Sheikh et al. 2013

Tetali et al. 2009

Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.

Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh

A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh

Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma

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 Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa

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

The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao

FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB

Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

Citations

Dioscorea pentaphylla. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_pentaphylla