Morphological Analysis of two Indian herbal-drugs Borivilianum and Asparagus
Keywords:
Chlorophytum borivilianum, Asparagus racemosus (A. racemosus)Abstract
Two species, namely C. borivillianum and C. tuberosum, hold an important position in the Indian materia medica as integral components in herbal-drug prescriptions against general debility. However, C. borivilianum is an important medicinal herb. It is also known as Safed Musli, and a member of special class of herbs known as ‘Rasayana’ and it falls into a special class of Rasayana known as ‘Vajikarana’ i.e. Aphrodisiacs (Marais & Reilly, 1978). Safed Musli (C.borivilianum) belongs to the family Liliaceae and is probably christened so because of the white milky texture of its tubers after peeling.
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