Crinum ASIATICUM L.
| Synonym : | Amaryllis carnosa Hook.f. Bulbine asiatica (L.) Gaertn. Crinum anomalum Herb. Crinum cortifolium Hallier f. Lilium pendulum Noronha. |
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| Bangla Name : | Sukdarshan, Nagdaun, Nagdal, Bara Kanur. ,Koba rashun (Chakma). |
| English Name : | Poison Bulb. |
| Family : | Amaryllidaceae |
| Disease : | Emetic, diaphoretic, purgative, impecacuanha, expectorant, earache, tonic, laxative, carminative, antipyretic, anthelmintic, expectorant, biliousness, strangury, bronchitis, lumbago, anuria, urinary discharge, rheumatism, purgative, diuretic, emmenagogue, |
| Description : | A very large bulbous herb. Leaves up to 1.5 m long, linear-lanceolate. Flowers white, fragrant, 15-50, in an umbel at the end of a scape, 45-90 cm long, corolla tube 7.5-10 cm long, cylindric, slender, lobes nearly as long as the tube, linear, recurved or revolute. Fruit subglobose, 2.5-5 cm diam. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated in the gardens. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bulb contains methyl linoleate, triterpene alcohols, thridone, phenanthridone, cycloartenol, cyclolaudenol, 4,5-etheno-8,9-methylenedioxy-6-stigmasterol, norcyclolaudenol and the alkaloids, lycorine, haemanthamine, cridnidine, crinamine, N-demethylgalanth |
| Uses : | Leaves and roots are emetic, diaphoretic and purgative and acts as a good substitute for Impecacuanha. Decoction of the leaves is expectorant. Leaves with oil form a useful application for whitlows and other inflamations at the end of toes and fingures, a |
| Habit : | Herb |