BOTANICAL NAME : DIEFFENBACHIA
FAMILY: Araceae
ENGLISH: Dieffenbachia
HINDI: Goonga bent
TAMIL: Ūmaikarumpu
TELUGU: Mūgaceraku
❖ 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.
❖ 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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Dumb Cane |
N.H-16, Chilakapalem Jn.,
Etcherla Mandal,
Srikakulam Dist - 532 402.