Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Crinum latifolium Linn
Family: Amaryllidaceae (Nargis family)
Botanical name: Crinum latifolium Linn
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Chakrangi, Dodhyani, Maduparnika, Somavalli
English: Wild onion
Hindi: Sudarshan
Malayalam: Kattulli, Valiya kattulli
Botanical name: Crinum latifolium Linn
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Chakrangi, Dodhyani, Maduparnika, Somavalli
English: Wild onion
Hindi: Sudarshan
Malayalam: Kattulli, Valiya kattulli
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
The whole plant of the Wild onion is used for rheumatism, piles and fever. In Vietnam and Cambodia, used in treatment of prostate and ovarian cancer. Also for prostatitis, uterine fibroids Juice of leaves used for earaches.