Chlorophytum borivilianum

Chlorophytum borivilianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Agavoideae
Genus:Chlorophytum
Species: C. borivilianum
Binomial name
Chlorophytum borivilianum
Santapau & R.R.Fern.

Chlorophytum borivilianum is a herb with lanceolate leaves, from tropical wet forests in peninsular India. The Hindi name is safed musli (also commonly known as musli).

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]

Herbal Farming in Chhattisgarh: Safed Musli with Arhar

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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


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