Diosocorea PENTAPHYLLA L.
| Synonym : | Botryosicyos pentaphyllus (L.) Hochst. Dioscorea digitata Mill. Dioscorea spinosa Burm. Ubium quadrifarium J.F.Gmel. |
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| Bangla Name : | Suaralu, Jhumalu, Jhunihana lata. ,Bhutta lodi (Chakma), Bow Su Da Uo (Marma |
| English Name : | Yam. |
| Family : | Dioscoreaceae |
| Disease : | Swelling, rheumatism, dropsy, anasarca and pain. |
| Description : | A considerable climber, tuber oblong, 1.5-1.8 m, stem slender, prickly towards the base, often bulbiferous in the leaf-axils. Leaves alternate, 3-5 foliolate, 5-12.5 cm long, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate or obovate, acuminate. Male flowers greenish in slender pendulous racemes, 2.5-3.8 cm long, solitary or in fascicle, along the branches of a panicle, 15-30 cm long. Female flowers in axillary pendulous spikes, 5-15 cm long. Capsule quadrately oblong, 2-2.5 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet, Dhaka and other places. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Tubers contain alkaloid dioscorine (Asolkar et al., 1992) and up to 80.77% carbohydrates (Anon 1952). |
| Uses : | Tubers are tonic, used in swelling, rheumatism and as hair wash for killing lice. Plant is used in dropsy and anasarca. Paste of the plant mixed with oil is used to treat rheumatic pain by the Chakma. EtOH(50%) extract of the plant showed anti-inflammato |
| Habit : | Climber |