Flowering class: Monocot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter |
| synonym | Aletris littoralis J.Koenig ex Steud. |
| synonym | Anthericum hyacinthoides Willd. ex Kunth |
| synonym | Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
| synonym | Erythronium hyacinthoides Royle |
| synonym | Erythronium indicum Rottler ex Spreng., pro syn. |
| synonym | Indurgia coromandeliana (Roxb.) Speta, no basionym page. |
| synonym | Indurgia govindappae (A.Boraiah & Fathima) Speta |
| synonym | Indurgia indica (Roxb.) Speta |
| synonym | Indurgia wightiana (Hook.f.) Speta |
| synonym | Ledebouria maculata Dalzell |
| synonym | Melanthium hyacinthoides Royle |
| synonym | Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
| synonym | Scilla coromandeliana Roxb. |
| synonym | Scilla indica Roxb. |
| synonym | Thuranthos coromandelianus (Roxb.) Speta |
| synonym | Thuranthos govindappae (A.Boraiah & Fathima) Speta |
| synonym | Thuranthos indicus (Roxb.) Speta |
| synonym | Thuranthos wightianus (Hook.f.) Speta |
| synonym | Thuranthos zambesiacum (Baker) Kativu |
| synonym | Urginea amboensis Baker |
| synonym | Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Urginea govindappae A.Boraiah & Fathima |
| synonym | Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth |
| synonym | Urginea salmonea Berhaut |
| synonym | Urginea sebirii Berhaut |
| synonym | Urginea wightiana Hook.f. |
| synonym | Urginea zambesiaca Baker |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Bulbous, scapigerous herbs; bulbs tunicated, 3.5-6 x 2.5-6.5 cm, globose-conical. Leaves radical with sheathing base, 13-25 x 0.6-2.5 cm, linear, lanceolate or lorate. Scapes 17-45 cm tall, erect, purpish brown, 4-15-flowered. Flowers 0.8-1.2 cm long, c. 1 cm across, reddish green or dull green, campanulate; pedicels 2-3.5 cm long, curved, drooping; bracts 1-2 mm, deltoid. Perianth 3+3, subequal, 0.8-1 x 0.3-0.4 cm, linear-oblong, subacute, reflexed, free to the base. Stamens 6; filaments c. 3 mm long, adnate to the base of the perianth segments; anthers 1.5-2 mm long, linear, yellow, base auricled. Ovary 3.5-5 x 2-3 mm, oblong or ovoid; style obconic to narrowly elongate; stigma trilobed. Capsules 10-20 x 5-10 mm, brownish yellow. Seeds 4-10 in each cell, 4-7 x 3-4 mm, winged.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry deciduous forests and also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Global Distribution
Western Himalayas and Tropical Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha, Idukki
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=856
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Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=856
- Scilla coromandeliana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 148. 1832.
- Urginea govindappae Boraiah & Fatima, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 128. 1970.
- Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892, nom. illeg.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1527(1066). 1928.
- Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 333. 1843; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1527(1066). 1928; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 315. 1999; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 695. 2009.
- Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop, J. S. African Bot. 43: 272. 1977.
- Urginea wightiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892.
- Scilla indica Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 147. 1832.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=856
- Scilla coromandeliana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 148. 1832.
- Urginea govindappae Boraiah & Fatima, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 128. 1970.
- Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892, nom. illeg.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1527(1066). 1928.
- Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 333. 1843; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1527(1066). 1928; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 315. 1999; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 695. 2009.
- Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop, J. S. African Bot. 43: 272. 1977.
- Urginea wightiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892.
- Scilla indica Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 147. 1832.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Asparagales |
| Family | Asparagaceae |
| Genus | Drimia |
| Species | Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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