Drimia indica
(Roxb.) Jessop
Indian squill
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Summary
Source: WikipediaDrimia indica is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a bulbous geophyte native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina.
Description
A perennial herb in the Asparagaceae family, native to tropical regions where it grows in savannah woodland and wet grass savannah. It produces an edible tuber and bulb.
Edible Uses
The tuber is eaten raw or used in vegetable preparations. The leaves are also edible.
Traditional Uses
The tuber is eaten raw or used in vegetable preparations.
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Medicinal Uses
D. indica is used as a substitute for the "true squill", Drimia maritima, in traditional medicine.
Known Hazards
Although used medicinally, if taken in excess the bulb is a narcotic, acrid poison causing nausea, slow, painful urination, and bloody urine.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and wet grass savannah.
Where It Grows
Africa, Asia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, India, Kenya, Pakistan, West Africa,
Notes
Also put in the family Hyacinthaceae.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Ban piaz, Jangli-kand, Jangli-piaz, Jeej, Randkanda
References (7)
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- Jadhav, R., et al, 2015, Forest Foods of Northern Western Ghats: Mode of Consumption, Nutrition and Availability. Asian Agri-History Vol. 19, No. 4: 293-317
- Khan, A. H., et al, 2023, Traditional foraging for ecological transition? Wild food ethnobotany among three ethnic groups in the highlands of the eastern Hindukush, North Pakistan. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 19:9
- Kiran, K. C., et al, 2019, Diversity and Seasonal Availability of Potential Wild Edible Plants from Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra State, India. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(2): 1434-1446
- Kumar, R. & Saikia, P., 2020, Wild edible plants of Jharkhand and their utilitarian perspectives. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol 19 (2), April 2020, pp 237-250
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- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
