vana soorana- Amorphophallus

[sheji ramkumar]

region - nilambur, malappuram, kerala state

 

habitat  - wild

 

habit- perennial erect herb

 

regional name

 

        sanskrit  - vana soorana / vajra kanta

 

        malayalam - kattu chena

 

leaves  - large, single compound leaves with stout petiole

 

 

useful part - corms

 

dosha karma: passifies vatha, kapha

 

rasa - kashaya, madhura

 

guna- guru, snigdha

 

veerya - ushna

 

 

medicinal uses- haemorrhoides, anorexia, amenorrhoea.cough, inflomation.

 

 

 

 

[tanay bose]

The Leaves of the plant remind me of
Amorphophallus sylvaticus (Roxb.) Kunth.
Synonym: Synantherias sylvaticus Schott.

Regards
Tanay

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[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank you Sheji for the post...

Thank You Tanay ji for the ID... Pls let me know whether A.sylvaticus is a synonym for A.paeoniifolius or whether are they different...

some texts mention A.campanulatus & A.sylvaticus to be synonyms...

Adding up a few photos of wildly grown Amorphophallus in Western Ghats..but not sure of the exact species..Help me identifying it...

Thank you

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[sheji]

thank you very much Tanay ji for identifying & hari nice photos

sheji

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[sheji]

Tanay ji, nice to hear from you

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[tanay bose]

Dear Hari Ji,

 

Amorphophallus sylvaticus (Roxb.) Kunth

 

Basionym:

Arum sylvaticum Roxb.  Flora indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants 3: 511. 1832. (Fl. Ind., ed. 1832)

 

Synonym:

Brachyspatha sylvatica (Roxb.) Schott Synopsis Aroidearum : complectens enumerationem systematicam generum et specierum hujus ordinis. I 35. 1856. (Syn. Aroid.)

Pythonium sylvaticum (Roxb.) Wight Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis t. 802. 1844. (Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.)

Synantherias sylvatica (Roxb.) Schott Genera Aroidearum exposita t. 28. 1858. (Gen. Aroid.)

 

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

 

Basionym:

Dracontium paeoniaefolium Dennst.  Schlüssel Hortus indicus malabaricus, ... 38. 1818. (Schlüssel Hortus Malab.)

 

Synonym:

Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne.

 (Ref: GRIN, Tropicos)

Regards

Tanay

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank You Tanay ji...for the clarifications... 

[tanay bose]

Welcome hari ji
tanay