Drimia indica Kolkanda Jangh piyaz Indian squill Janglipyaz White

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Drimia indica

Scientific Name and Description

Drimia indica (ROXB.) J.P. JESSOP

Herb Family

Liliaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Urginea indica (ROXB) KUNTH.
Urginea indica Kunth
Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter (1914)
Aletris littoralis J.Koenig ex Steud. (1840)
Anthericum hyacinthoides Willd. ex Kunth (1843)
Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (2003 publ. 2004)
Erythronium hyacinthoides Royle (1840)
Erythronium indicum Rottler ex Spreng. (1825), pro syn.
Indurgia indica (Roxb.) Speta (2001)
Indurgia wightiana (Hook.f.) Speta (2001)
Ledebouria maculata Dalzell (1850)
Melanthium hyacinthoides Royle (1839)
Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (2003 publ. 2004)
Scilla indica Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 147 (1832)
Thuranthos indicus (Roxb.) Speta in Phyton (Horn) 38: 84 (1998)
Thuranthos wightianus (Hook.f.) Speta (1998)
Thuranthos zambesiacum (Baker) Kativu (1994)
Urginea amboensis Baker (1903)
Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f. (1892), nom. illeg.
Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 4: 333 (1843)
Urginea salmonea Berhaut (1967)
Urginea sebirii Berhaut (1954)
Urginea wightiana Hook.f. (1892)
Urginea zambesiaca Baker (1873)
Vera-duthiea amboensis (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (2019)
Vera-duthiea reflexa (K.Krause & Dinter) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (2019)
Vera-duthiea salmonea (Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (2019)
Vera-duthiea sebirii (Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (2019)
Vera-duthiea zambesiaca (Baker) N.R.Crouch & Mart.-Azorín (2020)

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	ban piaz, jangli piaz, jangli-piaz, jangli-piyaz, janglikanda, janglipiyaz, kanda, kande, koli-kanda, safed-kando, Jangli Pyaz
Kannada	adavi-irulli, bheemana ulli, dodda kaadu bellulli, kaadu bellulli, kaadu bili eerulli, kola kanda, naayi ullaa gaddi, naayiulli, nari eerulli, seeme nari eerulli, shiru naarangadde
Malayalam	kanthanga, kattulli
Marathi	hal-kamdo, jangli-kanda, janglipyaaz, janglipyajha, kolkaandaa, kolkanda, ranachakanda, ranachakande, rankaandaa, rankanda,Ekansh
Sanskrit	asmantaka, kolakanda, krimighna, panjala, patalu, putakanda, putalu, suputa, vana-palandam, vanapalandam, vanapalandu, vasrapanjala, Kalkanda
Tamil	acukkayam, cevakam 1, cevakan, cevukan, ciruvenkayam, kaattu vengayam, kakunarakavulli, karunarakam, karuvulli, katterumai,kattirulli, kattu venkayam, kattulli, kattullikkilanku, kattuvelvenkayam, kattuvengayam, kattuvenkayam, kirincanam,nari-vengayam, narivengayam, narivenkayam,nayulli, nir venkayam, peyanulli, peyanullicceti, peyppariti, peypparitiyulli, peyulli, peyvenkayam
Telugu	adavi-tellagada, adavithellagadda, kaazagadda, nakka-vulli-gadda, nakkavalligadda
Urdu	isqeel, janglipiyaz
Common Names	Indian squill, Jangli Pyaz,
Rajasthan Region	Jangli kando

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Roots

Root tuber

Leaves

Bulb

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Dried powdered bulbs yields 'Indian squill' an expectorant, stimulant and cardiotonic in small doses.
It is used mainly in chronic bronchitis and asthma.
Alcoholic extract of the bulbs has anticancer property and effective in rheumatism, skin problem and in the treatment of dropsy and renal calculi.
Powder of bulb is externally applied for removing corns and warts.
Poultice of bulb is used to reduce the pain and swelling of gout/rheumatism.
Paste of leaves is externally applied over cracked skin.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop

Habit-Herb

Parts used -Leaves, tuber, bulb

Application -Boils on legs; acidity; typhoid; fever

Treatment -General

References -Bhuvaneswari et al. 2015, Puravankara and Gopal 2012, Sreeramulu et al. 2013