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| Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott |
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Bon nam, Bon khio, Bon chin, Bon tha, Bon wan (Kanchana Diwiset et al., 1999, p. 109)
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| Wild and cultivated plant, grows in wet soil or swampy places in clusters, 70-12 cm. high. Underground tuber stays for many years with a large one in the center surrounded by smaller tubers. Leaves ovate, cordate at the base, pelate, 20-35 cm. long wild, 35-40 cm. long green smooth and water proof surface coated with wax, pale white with distinctive veins below, 7-9 leaves, petiole up to 30-90 cm. long. Spathe narrow, 15-35 cm. long, yellow; spadix with male flowers at the top, female at the base and sterile flowers in the middle, green, fragrants, develops into oblong seeds. (Kanchana Diwiset et al., 1999, p. 109). | |
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Calcium, phosphorus, Vitamin A, Niacin, Vitamin C. (Phak Phuean Ban A-han Thai, 2005, p. 248) |
Leaf stems: cool and itchy, cut both ends and grill to be squeezed and dropped on wounds when bitten by toads. (Wut Wuthithamwet, 1997, p. 262)
Tubers have tonic and carminative properties to help relieve gas and stimulate the flow of bile.
Roots: can be boiled to treat dysentery and sore throat and act as a stimulant and expectorant (Phak Phuean Ban A-han Thai, 2005, p. 248).
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Kanchana Diwiset, Compiler. (1999). Phak Phuen Ban Phak Klang. Kanchana Diweset (Ed.). Nonthaburi: Text Development Project, Institute of Traditional Thai Medicine. (in Thai). Phak Phuen Ban A-han Thai. (2005). Bangkok: Saengdaet (in Thai). Wut Wuthithamwet. (1997). Saranukrom Samun Phrai: Ruam Lak Phesatchakam Thai. Bangkok: Odeon Store. (in Thai). |
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