Telinga-potato
StarAmorphophallus paeoniifolius
Synonyms: Plesmonium nobile, Amorphophallus dubius, Amorphophallus dixenii, Pythion campanulatum, Amorphophallus campanulatus var. blumei, Candarum roxburghii, Candarum rumphii, Candarum hookeri, Amorphophallus malaccensis, Amorphophallus chatty, Amorphophallus virosus, Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus microappendiculatus, Kunda verrucosa, Conophallus sativus, Dracontium paeoniifolium, Amorphophallus gigantiflorus, Amorphophallus decurrens, Arum campanulatum, Amorphophallus giganteus, Amorphophallus rex, Conophallus giganteus, Arum phalliferum, Arum decurrens, Hydrosme gigantiflora, Amorphophallus sativus, Amorphophallus campanulatus f. darnleyensis, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius var. campanulatus, Dracontium polyphyllum, Arum rumphii
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Ayurveda the cooked corm (suran or jimikand) is a classic remedy for haemorrhoids and piles, and is used as a digestive appetiser (dipana) for dyspepsia, flatulence and constipation; across India and Southeast Asia the corm is similarly valued in folk medicine for piles, abdominal complaints and as a tonic, and is an important cultivated food once detoxified of its acrid raphides by cooking (Khare, 2007).
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Botanical Description
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant-foot yam, is a large tropical perennial herb of the arum family (Araceae) arising from a massive, depressed-globose underground corm that can weigh several kilograms. Each year the corm produces a single huge, deeply divided (decompound) leaf carried on a stout, mottled greenish petiole that resembles a small tree trunk; the leaf blade spreads umbrella-like into many leaflets. Flowering precedes the leaf: a short, foul-smelling inflorescence consists of a broad, frilled, dark purple-brown spathe surrounding a fleshy spadix. Pollination is by carrion flies, and ripe fruits are red berries. The corm flesh is acrid and irritant when raw owing to calcium-oxalate raphides, requiring thorough cooking. Native to tropical Asia, it is widely cultivated across India, Southeast Asia and parts of Africa as a food crop.
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