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Gloriosa superba offers the possibility of using both seed as well
as tuber for medicinal purposes, but the advantage of using seed is
that it can be procured annually without disturbing the plant which
is more eco-friendly, whereas the use of tuber involves destructive
harvesting.It was found that the seed also possess the
colchicine.Seed and tubers are also used for treating gout,
rheumatism, cholera, typhus, Bright's disease, piles, gonorrhoea
and chronic ulcers in Indian system of medicines. The medicinal
properties of the drug prepared from it, are due to the presence of
alkaloids, chiefly colchicine (C22H26O6H), present in its tubers
and seed. Colchicine is used for treating gout, cancer control and
for inducing polyploidy in plants.Moreover, the species also have
anticoagulant properties and found effective for controlling the
larvae of various livestock parasites viz. Rhipicephalus microplus,
Paramphistomum cervi, Anopheles subpictus and Culex
tritaeniorhynchus. The flowers are used as cut flowers due to their
colour and shape.
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