गृष्टिः - Dioscorea bulbifera
Name - वाराहीकन्दः
Botanical name - Dioscorea bulbifera
Description - Climbers with stem twining to left bearing bulbils in leaf axils. I eaves simple, cordate. Capsule oblong; seed winged at base only
Chemical Constituents- Tubers contain furanoid norditerpenes - Diosbulbins A, G, volatile acids, calcium oxalate, phenolics. Bulbils contain demethyl-batatasin IV, dihydrosrilbene -dihydroresveratrol.
Use - Tubers in powder form applied to ulcers, also used in piles and dysentery
