Biology:Chlorophytum borivilianum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant from India

Chlorophytum borivilianum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Chlorophytum
Species:
C. borivilianum
Binomial name
Chlorophytum borivilianum
Santapau & R.R.Fern.
Dried Safed Musli tubers

Chlorophytum borivilianum is a herb with lanceolate leaves, from tropical wet forests in the peninsular India n region. The Hindi name is It is cultivated and eaten as a leaf vegetable in some parts of India , and its roots are used as a health tonic under the name safed musli.[1] In traditional Indian medicine, it is used as rasayan or adaptogen.[2] It is considered a white gold in Indian systems of medicine. This herb belongs to the vajikaran rasayana group in Ayurveda.[3]

References

  1. Oudhia, Pankaj. "Problems perceived by safed moosli (Chlorophytum borivilianum) growers of Chhattisgarh (India) region: a study." Proceedings of the national seminar on the frontiers of research and development in medicinal plants.. Vol. 22. No. 4a. 2000.
  2. F. Thakur M., Bhargava S., Dixit V.K. "Immunomodulatory activity of Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 4 (4) (pp 419-423), 2007
  3. Zakia Khanam 1, Ompal Singh, Rampal Singh, Irshad Ul Haq Bhat. Safed musli (Chlorophytum borivilianum): a review of its botany, ethnopharmacology and phytochemistry, 2013

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