Satish ji, if you are planning to use it as medicine then I must say that it is still immature. After fall of all leaves, tuber is considered mature and used as medicine. Here is Google link for my work on Chlorophytum.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&q=chlorophytum+oudhia&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=355c0c6008861bf6 Link for identification of different Chlorophytum species. http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/201_safed.html regards Pankaj Oudhia On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > A picture of Chlorophytum plant dug up from ground.(Vetal tekdi Pune) > As suggested by Neil Ji the tubers appear to be attached to the roots > rather than stem. Is it *Chlorophytum tuberosum*? > Dr Phadke > > On 9 June 2010 18:36, shubhada nikharge <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi friends, >> I saw second wild flower of the season in the forest at CEC, Goregaon, >> Mumbai today. >> >> Bot. name : Chlorophytum tuberosum >> local name :Kuli >> Hindi: Safed Musli >> famiily Liliaceae >> One can see these flowers immediately after the first few showers. The >> leaves are cooked and eaten. This herb is also called edible chlorophytum. >> Leaves are radical and membranous. >> >> Etymology: >> >> Chloros = green and Phyton is a plant. >> >> Roots are tuberous, hence tuberosum >> >> >> cheers, >> shubhada >> >> >> "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I >> can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
