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Gloriosa superba L.

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Gloriosa superba L.
Gloriosa superba L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymEugone superba (L.) Salisb.
synonymGloriosa angulata Schumach.
synonymGloriosa cirrhifolia Stokes
synonymGloriosa doniana Schult. & Schult.f.
synonymGloriosa lutea Auct.
synonymGloriosa nepalensis G.Don
synonymGloriosa rockefelleriana Stehlé & M.Stehlé
synonymGloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien
synonymGloriosa superba f. doniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) T.Durand & Schinz
synonymGloriosa superba var. angustifolia Baker
synonymGloriosa verschuurii Hoog
synonymMethonica doniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth
synonymMethonica gloriosa Salisb.
synonymMethonica senegalensis Poit.
synonymMethonica superba (L.) Crantz
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Agnisikha/ Ulat-chandal
Bengali
  • Bishalanguli
  • Ulatchandal
English
  • Climbing lily
  • Glory Lily
  • Malabar glory lily
Gujarati
  • દૂધિઓ Dudhio
  • વછોનાગ Vacchonag
Hin
  • Karibari
Hindi
  • Kadyanag
  • Kalihari
  • Languli
  • उलट चन्दल Ulatchandal
  • करी हरी Kari Hari
  • बचनाग Bachnag
Irula
  • Kannanopoo
  • Kanvalie poo kodi
Kannada
  • Karadikanninagadde
  • Siva-raktaballi
  • Siva-saktiballi
  • ಅಗ್ನೀಸಿಖೆ Agnisikhe
Malayalam
  • Kanthel
  • Kariyilanchi
  • Karthikapoovu
  • Kithonni
  • Malathamara
  • Mendoni
  • Menthonni
  • Mettonni
  • Ventoni
Marathi
  • Indai
  • Khadyanag
  • कळ लावी Kal-lavi
  • वाघचबका Vaghachabaka
Nepali
  • नेपाली केवारा Nepali Kewara
Oriya
  • Garbhhoghhatono
  • Meheriaphulo
  • Ognisikha
  • Panjangulia
Other
  • Climbing Lily
  • Creeping Lily
  • Fire Lily
  • Flame Lily
  • Gloriosa Lily
  • Glory Lily
  • Kannanopoo
  • Malabar Glory Lily
  • Superb Lily
  • Tiger Claw
Sanskrit
  • Ailni
  • Garbhaghatini
  • Kalikari
  • Langalika
  • अग्निमुखी Agnimukhi
  • अग्निशिखा Agnisikha
Tamil
  • Kalaippaik Kizhangu
  • Kalap-paik-kilangu
  • Kannuvalik Kodi
  • Kannuvelli
  • கலப்பை கிழங்கு Kallappai Kilangu
Telugu
  • అగ్నీసిఖా Agnisikha
Urdu
  • Kanol
  • Kulhar
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Climber
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Climber
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Herbaceous climbers with tuberous roots. Leaves subsessile, alternate, opposite or whorled, 5-13 x 1.5-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate, base cordate or amplexicaul, apex acuminate, ending in a tendril. Flowers bisexual, showy, axilliary, solitary or in few-flowered, terminal racemes; pedicel to 7 cm long. Perianth-lobes 6, free, 5-7 x 0.8-1.2 cm, linear-oblong, reflexed or spreading, base narrow, margin undulate, apex acuminate, yellowish below and reddish above. Stamens 6; filaments 3-4 cm long; anthers oblong-linear, versatile. Ovary c. 1 x 0.5 cm, oblong, 3-locular; ovules numerous; style to 4 cm long, deflexed; stigmas 3. Capsule 3-5 x 1-2 cm, ellipsoid-oblong. Seeds many, c. 3 mm, globose, warty.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Habit: A herbaceous climber, to 5m.
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: July-December
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Morphology
            Flower

            In axillary, solitary or subcorymbose; orange and scarlet to crimson. Flowering from October-November.

            Fruit

            An oblong-ellipsoid capsule, torulose; seeds many, globose, warty. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Field tips

            Rootstock tuberous, exposed. Leaf apex modified into tendrils.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate, opposite or whorled

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Oblong-lanceolate

            Leaf Apex

            Acuminate

            Leaf Base

            Cordate-amplexicaul

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

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              Miscellaneous Details
              This is an important medicinal plant, used as an antidote for snake poison, is in demand commercially. The tuber is poisonous, when consumed in high quantities. Colchicine is the important alkaloid extracted from the seed and used in modern medicine. It is also the state flower of Tamil Nadu.
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                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat

                Habitat

                Terrestrial
                Terrestrial
                Wet areas
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                  Occasional, in the plains from the coast to 500(1000)m, climbing on hedges and in fire prone areas. Indian subcontinent.
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                    Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Description
                      Global Distribution

                      Paleotropics

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                        Global Distribution

                        India: Assam, Tempertae Himayalas, Bihar, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh

                        Indian Distribution

                        Assam

                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                          Not common in the scrub jungles and on thickets from plains to 500m. Tropical S.Africa, Madagascar, India to Indo-China and Malesia.
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                            📚 Occurrence
                            No Data
                            📚 Uses and Management
                            Uses

                            System of Medicines Used In

                            Ayurveda
                            Ayurveda
                            Folk medicine
                            Folk medicine
                            Siddha
                            Siddha
                            Unani
                            Unani
                            Sowa-Rigpa
                            Sowa-Rigpa
                            Medicinal
                            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                              State flower of Tamil Nadu. The tubers contain toxins.
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                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Folk medicine

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1052
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                                  Folklore
                                  Indigenous Information: The roots are used in anti-venom preparations.
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                                    📚 Information Listing
                                    References
                                    1. Gloriosa superba L., Sp. Pl. 305. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 358. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1519(1061). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 292. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 416. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 389. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 320. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 477. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 401. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 812. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 510. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 482. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 391. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14,34. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 471. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 729. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 457. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 314. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 165. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 353. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 507. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 695. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 881. 2009.
                                    1. 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=1052
                                    Information Listing > References
                                    1. Gloriosa superba L., Sp. Pl. 305. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 358. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1519(1061). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 292. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 416. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 389. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 320. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 477. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 401. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 812. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 510. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 482. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 391. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14,34. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 471. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 729. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 457. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 314. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 165. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 353. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 507. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 695. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 881. 2009.
                                    2. 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=1052

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                                    📚 Meta data
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                                    🐾 Taxonomy
                                    RootRoot
                                    KingdomPlantae
                                    PhylumTracheophyta
                                    ClassLiliopsida
                                    OrderLiliales
                                    FamilyColchicaceae
                                    GenusGloriosa
                                    SpeciesGloriosa superba L.
                                    📊 Temporal Distribution
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