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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH358 : Chlorophytum borivilianum Santapau & R.R.Fern.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Liliales
Family : Liliaceae - Lily family
Genus : Chlorophytum ker Gawl. - chlorophytum
Species : Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant. & Fernand.
Plant Location in Melghat : Tarubanda to Belkund  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Red List Category - Least Concern , Critically Endangered (CR)  
Plant Family : Liliaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Safed Musli, Safed moosli, Safed musli, Shweta Musali
 
Synonym : -
Description : a herb with sub-erect leaves and tuberous root system. It can grow upto a maximum height of 1.5 ft. Tubers can grow upto a depth of 10". The plant sports a rosette of long, slender leaves, growing from a thick, fleshy rhizome. The flowers are small, white, produced on sparse panicles. Leaves are slightly yellowish and white flowers with 6 petals are arranged on the flowering stalk which emerge from the centre of the plant. About 20-25 flowers on the flowering stalk appear in July. The seed is very small, black and enclosed in the holes. In one hole, there are about 10-12 seeds. The seed is very light in weight. Rhizomatous Herbs with radical leaves and white flowers in racemes.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Safed moosli holds an important position in Indian herbal medicine. The roots are widely used as a natural "sex tonic" and is an integral part of more than 100 herbal drug formulations. Although Indian forests are rich in safed moosli demand is increasing rapidly in Indian and international drug markets. The dried roots of asparagus are used in ayurveda as an aphrodisiac. They are available in the market as Safed Musli. Fifteen grams of roots boiled in one cup of milk should be taken twice daily. The regular use of this remedy is valuable in impotency and premature ejaculation. anti-cancer;
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Payal Sharma, Kaushal K Chandrul; "Chlorophytum borivilianum (Safed musli): A Vital Herbal Drug"; Int. J. Pharm. Med. Res. (2017); 5(1): 401-411 PMID :

~ Nelli Giribabu, Kilari Eswar Kumar, Somesula Swapna Rekha, Sekaran Muniandy, and Naguib Salleh; "Chlorophytum borivilianum (Safed Musli) root extract prevents impairment in characteristics and elevation of oxidative stress in sperm of streptozotocin-induced adult male diabetic Wistar rats"; BMC Complement Altern Med. (2014); 14: 291 PMID : 25104050

~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :

~ Sharada Laxman Deore, Neha Brijmohan Jajoo, Kailaspati Prabhakar Chittam and Tushar Atmaram Deshmukh; "Comparative Pharmacognostic, Phytochemical and Biological evaluation between five Chlorophytum species"; Pharmacognosy Journal (2015); 7(5): 317-325 PMID :

~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 PMID :