सुदर्शना
सदाफलः
सुदीर्घः
सुधा
सुधावासः
स्नुक्
स्नॆहः
स्नुही
सुनिर्यासा
स्पृक्का
सप्तपर्णः
सप्तला
सुपर्णिका
सुपार्श्वकः
सपीतकः
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सुदर्शना
Botanical name -
Crinum latifolium
Description -
Bulb globose, 12.5-15.0 cm in diameter, neck short; leaves many, 60-100 cm by 7.5-10.0 cm, bright green, keeled and waved; scape 60-100 cm, stout, green reddish or purple, spathes 7.5-10.0 cm, coloured like scape; umbels 10- to 20-flowered; flowers variable in size, white, more or less streaked or tinged with red towards centre, or red-purple nearly all over the back of Jobes; fruits subglobose, 3.7-5.0 cm in diameter
Chemical Constituents-
Bulb contains alkaloid hippeastrine. Leaves contain alkaloids latifine, cherylline.
Use -
Tam: Vishmungil. Trade names : Sukhdarsan, Bulbs used in rheumatism. Leaf juice in earache.
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