Sansevieria roxburghiana

Family: Asparagaceae
Vernacular names: Manji, Muramachi, മഞ്ഞി,മുറമച്ചി (Malayalam), Indian bow string hemp (English), Murva (Sanskrit), Mottamanjii (Tamil)
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bangladesh, tropical Africa and Myanmar
Description: Succulent herbs. Leaves basal, sessile, fleshy. Racemes long; flowers 3-5 in a cluster, white or pale green. Berry globose.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Deciduous forests, also grown in garden
Flowering & Fruiting: December-February

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Rhizome used in cough. Juices of tender shoots are given to children for cleaning the phlegm from the throat. Roots are used for constipation, piles, asthma, cough, snakebite, leprosy, tuberculosis, rheumatism and fever.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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