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Scindapsus officinalis

Scientific Name
Scindapsus officinalis
Family Name
Araceae
Common Names
Local Names
Gajapipal (India)
Description
A large epiphytic climber with adventitious aerial roots. Leaves large, leathery.Flowers densely arranged in the spadix which is cylindric, spathe green outside andyellow within. Fruits confluent. (India)
Stou climbing plant with the stem about 1cm in diameter; leaves simple, alternatedistichous, dark green, 12.5-25cm long, 6.3-iScm broad, ovate, elliptic-ovate or nearlyorbicular, caudate-acuminate. base rounded or slightly ‘ordate petioles 7.5- I 5cm long,broadly-winged peduncle solitary, terminal; spathe about 10-IScm long, oblong, sub-cylindrical, slender-beaked, green outside, yellow within; spadix equalling the spathe,greenish- yellow; flowers bisexual, perianth absent, stamens 4-6 with short filamentsand terminal anthers; ovary unilocular with a single basal ovule, stigma elongate;fruiting spadix about 23cm long, berries few, fleshy (Sri Lanka)
Uses
Diarrhoea, cough, bronchitis, pharyngopathy, helminthiasis (India)
Anthelmintic, bronchial ailments, stimulant, diaphoretic, asthma, rheumatism (SriLanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Scindapsus officinalis (GRIN)

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