Chlorophytum borivilianum
| Chlorophytum borivilianum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Chlorophytum |
| Species: | C. borivilianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlorophytum borivilianum Santapau & R.R.Fern.
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Chlorophytum borivilianum is a herb with lanceolate leaves, from tropical wet forests in the peninsular Indian region. The Hindi name is It is cultivated and eaten as a leaf vegetable in some parts of India, and its roots are used as a health tonic under the name safed musli.[1] In traditional Indian medicine, it is used as rasayan or adaptogen.[2] It is considered a white gold in Indian systems of medicine. This herb belongs to the vajikaran rasayana group in Ayurveda.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Oudhia, Pankaj. "Problems perceived by safed moosli (Chlorophytum borivilianum) growers of Chhattisgarh (India) region: a study." Proceedings of the national seminar on the frontiers of research and development in medicinal plants.. Vol. 22. No. 4a. 2000.
- ^ F. Thakur M., Bhargava S., Dixit V.K. "Immunomodulatory activity of Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 4 (4) (pp 419-423), 2007
- ^ Zakia Khanam 1, Ompal Singh, Rampal Singh, Irshad Ul Haq Bhat. Safed musli (Chlorophytum borivilianum): a review of its botany, ethnopharmacology and phytochemistry, 2013
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- Safed Moosli (Chlorophytum borivilianum L.): Medicinal and Wonder Crop
- Safed Musli (Chlorophytum species) - A Wonder Drug in the Tropical Zone
- Safed musli (Chlorophytum borivilianum): a review of its botany, ethnopharmacology and phytochemistry