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Botanical Name:
Chlorophytum tuberosm
Safed musali consists of tuberous roots of Chlorophytum
tuberosum (Roxb.) Baker, Family Liliaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Sveta musli, Durnamaari, Maharrusha, Vrushya Kanda
English: Edible Chlorophytum
Guajarati: Ujlimusli, Sufed or Safeta musli, Sataver, Dholi
musali
Hindi: Safed musli, Sufed or Safeta musli, Sataver, Satavar,
Hazarmuli, Satmuli
Kannada: Dravanti
Malayalam: Shedeveli
Marathi: Safed musli, Sufed or Safeta Musli, Sataver,
Satavar, Kuli
Tamil: Tannirvittang, Tannirvittan-Kizhangu, Tiravanticam,
Vipurutti
Telugu: Tsallogadda, Kuchhela, Sarala Pagada
Urdu: Shaqaqule-hindi
Botanical description:
Perennial herbs, upto 30 cm in height, roots fibrous,
cylindric with a cluster of ellipsoid whitish fleshy tubers
hanging from them. Leaves simple, 6-12, membranous, sessile,
15-30 X 1.2-2.5 cm, acuminate, margin undulate. Scape terete,
8-10 cm long, and naked. Flowers regular, bisexual, white in
5-10 cm long, simple or shortly branched racemes. Capsules
obovoid, shining transversely veined, emarginate, cells 4-6
seeded. Seeds irregularly orbicular, about 0.3 cm in diam.
and black.
Parts used:
Roots
Major chemical constituent:
Saponins, Tannins, Glycosides, Alkaloids
Therapeutic uses:
• Aphrodisiac and vitalizer
• Galactogogue
• Hepatoprotective
• Antioxidant |
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