Scindapsus officinalis

Scindapsus officinalis is native to Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China. It is a medicinal plant, and in Ayurveda, Unani, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, and Siddha System of medicines, it is used for medicinal purpose.

Gajapippali (Hindi-India).

Found at dry deciduous, dry evergreen and dry mixed lowland to hill forest, on granite, sandstone and limestone at 600 m asl. It loves wet and shady places.

• Stem - subterranean stem a rhizome, to 20 × 3–6 cm, light brown outside, purplish brown inside. Cataphylls separately sheathing petiole and peduncle, 10–20 cm long, brown; petiole to 70 × 0.8–2 cm wide, green and brown mottled
• Leaves - leaf blade trifoliolate; leaflets elliptic-ovate, to 30 cm long, margins entire and sometimes undulate, apex acuminate, ending in an arista 1 cm long, base convex, with a petiolule 1–5 cm long, plain glossy green, sometimes marked with creamy blotches and veins above, underside glaucous green.
• Flower - inflorescence held well below the foliage; peduncle 18–25 cm long × 6–8 mm across, green and red mottled; spathe tube funnel-shaped, 6 × 1.5 cm at the base, widening to 2.5 cm near the mouth, pale green, white at the base; spathe mouth margins recurved, to 1 cm wide; spathe limb ovate-oblong, glossy dark green, ending in an acuminate–filiform tip to 1 cm long; spadix appendix hardly exserted from the tube, to 3.5 cm long × 2–3 mm wide, sessile, covered with filiform bristles from base to apex, red-brown or green; fertile zone staminate or bisexual, 3–4 cm long × 8 mm wide; staminate flowers 2–4-androus; anthers carmine, stalked, 1 mm long; thecae dehiscent by an oblong pore; pistillate flowers densely arranged; oblong-ovoid and flattened on top; stigma short-styled, white, penicillate. Infructescence on an erect peduncle, cylindrical, to 6.5 × 3 cm,
• Fruits - red when ripe, prismatic, 1.2 cm wide, somewhat lobed, flattened and depressed on top, up to 2 seeds per berry.
• Seeds - kiidney shaped,0.3-0.4 cm wide, 0.4-0.6 cm long, smooth, shiny, greyish brown with a dent.

Vegetatively propagated by stem cutting.

Monoterpene glycoside, phenyl glycoside, caffeoyl derivatives, alkaloids, scindapsin A, scindapsin B, ll-hydroxy-cis, cis-5,8- tetracosadienoic acid, cyclopropenoid fatty acids, ascorbic acid, piperine, saponins, phenolic compounds, mucilages, steroids, tannis, flavonoids, and terpenoids.

• It has anthelmintic, anti-dysenteric, antiasthmatic, ant-iinflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, antidiabetes, antitumor, anticancer, carminative properties.
• In Ayurveda it is used in the treatment of respiratory diseases, indigestion, fever, pain in the joints, and in the improvement of breast milk in lactating women, asthma, diarrhea, intestinal parasites, rheumatism, and arthritis.
• Powdered leaves are used for fever, rheumatism, and pain.

• Siapkan daun Scindapsus officinalis secukupnya, cuci bersih dengan air mengalir.
• Keringkan di bawah sinar matahari atau dengan oven suhu 40 °C hingga kadar air 10%.
• Haluskan menggunakan blender hingga menjadi bubuk.
• Simpan pada wadah bersih dan kedap udara.