C. virgata Benth. & Hook. f., known as Gharaniyaa-ghass in Rajasthan, is used for the treatment of colds and rheumatism.
Chiorophytum arundinaceum
Baker.
Family Liliaceae.
Habitat The Himalaya from Nepal to Bhutan, Assam and Bihar.
Ayurvedic Shveta-Musali. (Considered different from Asparagus adscendens Roxb.)
Unani Musali Safed, Biskandri. Siddha/Tamil Vallaimusali.
Folk Nising, Tibbati Ginseng.
Chondodendron tomentosum Ruiz et Par.
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Action Tuber—nervine and
general tonic. The plant is used as a substitute for onion. Fried powder of the root is chewed in aphthae of mouth and throat. A decoction of the root with turmeric is given in rheumatism.
The roots contain a bibenzyl xyloside, the steroidal sapogenins, besides stigmasterol and its glucoside, nonacosane and tetracosanoic, and triacontanoic acids.
The root extract exhibited good adaptogenic properties. The fruits yield a polysaccharide, galactoglucan.
Chiorophytum tuberosum
Baker.
Family Liliaceae.
Habitat Central and Peninsular India up to 1,350 m.
Ayurvedic Musali, Mushali.
Unani Musali.
Siddha Vallaimusali.
Action Dried tubers are used as tonic.
The commercial drug, Safed Musali, contains the tubers of C. arundinaceum Baker, C. tuberosum Baker and C. indicum (Willd.) Dress, synonym C. attenuatum Baker.
C. indicum is found on the hills in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and on the hills near Udaipur in Rajasthan.
Dosage Dried tuber—3—5 g powder. (CCRAS.)
Chioroxylon swietenia DC. Family Rutaceae.
