Dumb Cane

BOTANICAL  NAME : DIEFFENBACHIA

FAMILY: Araceae

SYNONYMS:

ENGLISH: Dieffenbachia

HINDI: Goonga bent

TAMIL: Ūmaikarumpu

TELUGU: MÅ«gaceraku

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS:

❖   All parts of Dieffenbachia contain irritant toxins including calcium oxalate needles

(raphides) and oxalic acid and possibly saponins, glycosides, alkaloids, proteolytic enzymes, protein-like substances and cyanogenic glycosides.

USES:

❖   Purify indoor air

❖   Analgesic

❖   Aphrodisiac

❖   Caustic

❖   Contraceptive

❖   Cyanogenic

❖   Insecticidal

❖   Rodenticide

❖   Vesicant

❖      Variegated leaves, not flowers, and also for its ability to purify indoor air.

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