Description

Trichopus zeylanicus subsp. travancoricus, belongs to the family Dioscoreaceae is such a rare medicinal plant, indigenous to Western Ghats of India. This plant is shown to possess a varied spectrum of pharmaco logical properties such as anti-fatigue, anti-oxidant, anti-stress, aphrodisiac, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anti-tumour, anti-ulcer, anti-hyperlipidemic, hepatoprotective and anti-diabetic.

Scientific classitication

Family: Dioscoreaceae

Genus: Trichopus

Common Name

Xi Lan Fa Bing Hua

Reference

Chellappan, B. V., Shidhi, P. R., Vijayan, S., Rajan, V. S., Sasi, A., & Nair, A. S. (2019). High quality draft genome of Arogyapacha (Trichopus zeylanicus), an important medicinal plant endemic to Western Ghats of India. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 9(8), 2395-2404.