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| Bangla Name : | Ol, Olkachu.,Hathi Tang Kachu (Murang). |
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| English Name : | The Telinga Potato, Elephant’s foot. |
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| Family : | Araceae |
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| Disease : | Stomachic, tonic, constipating, piles, enlarged spleen, tumours, asthma, bronchitis, vomiting, abdominal pain, elephantiasis and rheumatism. |
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| Description : | An annual herb with large, depressed-globose, much-warted tubers, 20-25 cm diam. Leaves solitary, 30-90 cm broad, 3-partite, segments pinnatisect, appearing long after the flowers. Spathe 15-23 cm across. Spadix very stout, female inflorescence cylindric, male subturbinate, appendage dark-purple. Berries ovoid. |
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| Distribution : | Cultivated all over Bangladesh |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Tubers contain protease inhibitors, trypsin and chymotrypsin. Corm contains triacontane, lupeol, betulinic acid, stigmasterol, ?-sitosterol, glucose, galactose, rhamnose and xylose. Sapogenins are also present in the corms (Ghani, 2003). |
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| Uses : | The tuber is stomachic, tonic, constipating, increases both appetite and taste, useful in piles, enlarged spleen, tumours, asthma, bronchitis, vomiting, abdominal pain and elephantiasis, much used in acute rheumatism. Root is emmenagogue, used in boils an |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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