kallu vazha

[rejukrishnan r]

iam attaching one of my thesis drug" Ensete superbum" of musaceae family.

eng- wild plantain

mal- kalluvazha

san-deva keli

useful part- endosperm of seed.

use - urinary calculi, UTI ,etc

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank You Reju ji for sharing the drug you are working upon...Would appreciate a few more photos of the plant as such... i had seen the plant grown on the crevices of the rocks in western ghats... but could nt get a chance to see it closer...


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[suhas karanth]

sir i think this is called as ಕಲ್ಲು ಬಾಳೆ(kallu bale) in kannada, the
word kallu(stone) came to this because seeds are larger in size just
like stones

[Dinesh Valke]

... commonly known as: rock banana, wild plantain • Hindi: जंगली केला jungli kela • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಬಾಳೆ kaadu baale • Konkani: रान क्यांळे raan kyaanle • Malayalam: കല്ല് വാഴ kall vazha • Marathi: चवेणी chaveni, रानकेळ raankel • Sanskrit: बहुजा bahuja • Tamil: கல்வாழை kal-valai, காட்டுவாழை kattu-valai • Telugu: అడవి అరటి adavi arati

Would like to add Suhas ji's provided name to my notes on validation; names compiled by me may also be validated.

Regards.

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

You are right Suhas ji... It is Kal Baale in Kannada...

Regards Dinesh ji... thanks for the Vernacular names...The term Bahuja in Sanskrit is new to me... Will try to validate that if possible...

[rejukrishnan r]

thanks to all...........

[VEENA NAIK]

Dear Reju ji, what are its some more medicinal uses ???...

On 9/6/10, rejukrishnan r <rejukri...@gmail.com> wrote:

thanks to all...........

[Somit kumar]

Dear rejuji i happened to see one post regarding it's malyalam
vernacular name as kalvaza. Is it also use for vata vyadhi esp. sandhi
vata? any documention in folk practice. I happen to grow inquisitive
as at avp coimbatore we use a lepam for osteo arthiritis prepared out
of kalvaza, Dr resmi sarin be able to help out with the exact
identification of the plant used there?

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[Somit kumar]

Nees to add that we use the rhizome of the plant.

[reshmi pushpan]

Somit,

 

The plant that we use at the Trust for the lepam in OA is Canna indica rhizomes.

 

Regards,

 

Reshmi

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Reshmi Sarin,
The Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam&Research Institute,
Coimbatore.

[rejukrishnan r]

dear somith ji,

thank you for the information....all the parts are used as medicine both externally and internally but i am conc. only in endosperm of its seed which having the above said effect and it is used by tribals of ankola.

[rejukrishnan r]

dear veena ji,

some other uses like diabetes,measles, leaf ash  with butter (externally) good for leucoderma spot....

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank you Somit ji for raising the question...& Reshmi ji for the clarification...I do remember Canna indica being called as Kalvaazhai (கல்வாழை)  in Thamizh language too... Although it is ornamental, the name persists as Kalvazhai as i have heard during my school days...It is a misnomer i agree. The real kalvazha is to be taken as Musa superba itself, as it grows in the crevices of the rocks. Thanks for the information that this plant is being used as a lepam in Osteo arthritis...

Thanks Reju ji for the additional information...

[sheji ramkumar]

Thank you all for a nice discussion

 

sheji

[drashok beekay]

Hai,

Lots of work has been done on seeds of this plant at GAU, Jamnagar, even some publications are also available.

The term Bahuja may be due to presence of numerous seeds in fruit! 

 

Dr. Ashok B K,

Jamnagar 

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Dear Dr. Ashok ji... a very warm welcome to the Bodhi nighantu groups. thanks for sharing about the studies that had been conducted on the seeds in Jamnagar. 

Thanks for the clarifications that you had made for the synonym "Bahuja"

[rejukrishnan r]

dear Dr. Ashok ji thank you for the information....... any reff. for this synonym?