Tubers - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 34419 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 199.00 CYPERACEAE Cyperus rotundus | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Tubers | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Tubers | Geography Description | India, Bombay | ||
| Uses | TubersUse: MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 26 A 4 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | India Museum Date: 00/00/1880x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The tubers- History and uses- These two plants, which are considered by botanists to be only varieties of the same species, produce aromatic tubers which have long been in use in Hindu medicine under their Sanskrit names of Mustaka and Naga, rmustaka, they are considered to be diaphoretic, astringent and stomachic and are prescribed in febrile affections and derangements of the bowels. The nagarmotha is much used as a perfume. The Arabian and Persian writers describe several species of Cyper, us under the names of suud and mishk-i-zamin, they consider the tubers to be attenuant, diuretic, emmenagogue, lithontriptic and diaphoretic, and prescribe them in combination with other remedies in febrile and dyspeptic affections. Alone it is recommende, d in a number of minor ailments one ounce is said to be an efficient anthelmintic. Description The ovoid or nearly round tubers of C.rotundus are developed upon a thin underground stem; externally they are black, scaly and give off numerous fine rootlets;, at their summits the remains of leaves and often one or more small tubers may be seen. The substance of the tuber is white and spongy, it has a faint aromatic odour much like that of Acorus calamus. Nagarmotha which is the kind in general use consistsof, elongated simple or branched tubers generally about 2 inches long and 1/2 inch in diameter, the external surface is marked by a number of annular ridges and is almost concealed by the remains of leaves. When these are removed the colour of the tuber is a, deep brown black. a few wiry rootlets arise from its under surface and at the lower end is a portion of the underground stem. The substance of the tuber is hard and of a reddish white colour, it is divided into a central and cortical portion, the latter b, eing of a darker colour. The odour is strongly aromatic, like Acorus but somewhat terebinthinate | ||||