Wednesday, July 9, 2008

COLCHICUM LUTENUM | HIRANTUTIYA

COLCHICUM LUTENUM

COMMON NMES:-irkim, moond, suranjam-karvi, hiranyatuh..etc..

NATURE:- this plant is annual herb.

LEAVES:-leaves are very narrow .

FLOEWRS:-flowers are large with near about 4 centimeter diameter.

FRUITS:-fruits mostly 2 to 4 centimeter long.

MEDICINAL USES OF COLCHICUM LUTENUM (HIRANTUTIYA):- earlier in time when flowering not came the fresh stalk of this plant collected to obtained a drug known as colchicum stalk.

And mature seeds gives colchicum seed drug.

The stalk contain a most important colchicines which is useful in the pains and rubor of the urarthritis.

The drug which obtained by the seeds are also used same like a stalks.
colchicine is also useful in the scientific research……

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