Junglee Kand / जंगली कंद / Indian Squill / Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop

Other Names

  • Local Name: Junglee Kand / जंगली कंद
  • Common Name: Indian Squill
  • Botanical Name: Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop

Status & Habitat

  • Habitat: Herb
  • Occurrence: Semiarid regions; Dry deciduous forests and also in the plains
  • Season of Availability: December-March
  • Geography: Africa and Asia
  • Method of Propagation: Seed propagation
  • Part used for Propagation: Seeds

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Bulb
  • Can be Eaten Raw: No

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: No
  • Ripe: No
  • Both Raw & Ripe: No
  • Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant
  • As Food: Not typically eaten, mostly used medicinally.
  • As Medicine: Used in ayurvedic medicine to treat cardiac diseases, indigestion and asthma; powder applied to warts.
  • Cooking Method: Whole plant is used for medicines.
  • Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A
  • Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: No
  • Souring Agents Required: N/A

Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

  • Nutritional Benefit: Contains alkaloids, sterols, flavonoids
  • Medicinal Benefit: Helps treat cardiac diseases, indigestion and warts.

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Used in ayurvedic medicine to treat cardiac diseases, indigestion and asthma; powder applied to warts.

Recipes / Usage

  • Tribal Recipe / Usage: Plant is powdered, and the powder is put on warts to help reduce them.