Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Polygonatum cirrhifolium
Scientific Name and Description
Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Convallaria cirrhifolia Wall.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | King’s Solomon’s Seal, Mahameda, Tendril leaf Solomon’s seal, Coiling leaf Solomon's Seal. Coiling leaf Polygonatum. |
| Hindi | Maha meda |
| Kannada | medha |
| Malayalam | meda |
| Sanskrit | mahameda, meda |
| Tamil | meda |
| Telugu | meda |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Phytochemicals
Phytoconstituents
Polygonatum cirrhifolium rhizome contains glucose, sucrose and two new steroidal saponins sibiricoside A and B. The main ingredients of n-butanol extract of rhizomes are steroid terpenoide, polysaccharides, phenol and stannin. Recent spectroscopic studies identified following compounds, α-L-rhamnopyranosyl, β-D-glucopyranoside, dauvosterol, β-sitosterol, 6-nonadecenoic acid, 6-stearic acid and one inorganic compound.
Source: Int. J. Med. Arom. Plants, ISSN 2249 – 4340 Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 661-676, December 2012
Herb usable parts
Roots
Rhizome
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Wang et al., 2007
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS VOLUME .VOL 1-5 Author - WARRIER,P.K. et al (EDS.)
THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH