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Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Kunth.
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- Local Name:
- Saki,Saki Ganda.
- Synonym:
- Habit & Habitat:
- An annual, tuberous and climber herb,found in sub-tropical and temperate zones.
- Taxonomic Features:
- Leaves simple,alternate ovate-chordate,glabrous above. Inflorescence a spike.Male spike solitary, axillary and selender. Female spike solitary,selender few-flowered. Fruit a capsule, obovate. Seeds winged all round.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June-September.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-November.
- Medicinal Value:
- Locally powder of tuber for indigestion, sore throat is common.
- Part Used:
- Tuber.
- Occurrence:
- Common.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy .
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