Polygonatum Cirrhifolium

Botanical Name: Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle

Family: Liliaceae

Names in different Indian languages

English	Meda
Hindi	Meda
Kannada	Meda
Malayalam	Meda
Sanskrit	Meda
Tamil	Meda
Telugu	Meda
Unani
Folk

 

 

 

Synonyms

Mahaa-medaa, Medaa

 

Morphology

Grows up to 60-80 cm height

Leaves – wholes of four, sessile, linear, acute

Flower – purple

Fruit – berry

uses:

cough, general debility, tuberculosis

chemicals

neoprazerigenin A-3-O-beta-lycotetraoside, steroidal saponins, sibiricoside A , sibiricoside B

Descriptions on Ayurveda books / Nighandu: