Details of Plants:Begonia roxburghii

Plant details

Family: Begoniaceae
Phytochemicals

Alkaloid
Carbohydrate
Flavonoids
Glycosides
Phenols
Saponins
Steroids
Tannins
reducing sugars
resins
NE-statewise availability

Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Vernacular Name

Assam: Jajau-mo
Arunachal Pradesh: Babarai; Baya
Ailments cured

Diabetes
Skin diseases
Stomachache
Plant parts used and methods

bulb: Paste applied topically
Rhizome: Paste applied topically
Root: Taken orally
Leaves: Taken orally
Plant References

Tangjanga. S; et al. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the Eastern Himalayan zone of Arunachal Pradesh; India; Journal of Ethnopharmacology 134; 18–25; 2011.

Sajem. A. L; Gosai. K; Traditional use of medicinal plants by the Jaintia tribes in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, northeast India, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2:33, 2006.

Phytochemical References

Lalawmpuii, L; Lalbiakngheti T; Begonia roxburghii: A potentially important medicinal plant, 2021.