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

    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

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