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Drimia indica
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Family:
LILIACEAE
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Citation: Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop, J. S. African Bot. 43: 272. 1977.
Scilla indica Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 147. 1832.
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.
Scilla coromandeliana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 148. 1832.
Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892, nom. illeg.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1527(1066). 1928.
Urginea wightiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892.
Urginea govindappae Boraiah & Fatima, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 128. 1970.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kanthanga, Kattulli, Vishamangi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Inidan squil
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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.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and also in the plains
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Distribution:
Western Himalayas and Tropical Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Periyakunnu, Kanichukulangara
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