Flowering class: Monocot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Bulbine asiatica (L.) Gaertn. |
| synonym | Crinum brevifolium Roxb., nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Crinum toxicarium var. asiaticum (L.) Herb., nom. superfl. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Bulbous herbs; bulb globose, 12 x 10 cm, neck 10-20 cm. Leaves clustered from the apex of bulbs, oblong, 70-100 x 1.5-8.5 cm, flat, coriaceous, glabrous, narrow at base, margin entire, apex gradually tapering. Scape to 30 cm long, often more, 1-2 cm across; umbels 10-17 cm, 30(50)-flowered; bracts hooded, ovate-lanceolate, 7-8.5 x 4.5 -5 cm; bracteoles to 5 cm. Flowers to 16.5 cm long, 10(14) cm across. Perianth salver-shaped; tube to 10 cm; lobes white, oblong-linear, to 7 x 1.2 cm, glabrous, 18-20 nerved, subacute, cuspidate. Filaments to 4.5 cm; anthers 2x0.2 cm. Ovary 3-celled; ovule(s) 1 or 2; style to 15 cm.
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
Sandy coasts and wet places in deciduous forests
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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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Southern India; Nepal, Myanmar
Indian Distribution
Assam
Global Distribution
South India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Kollam, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Unani, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=664
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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
- Crinum toxicarium Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 134. 1824.
- Crinum asiaticum L., Sp. Pl. 292. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 280. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1504(1051). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 290. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 415. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 395. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 802. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 719. 1997.
- 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=664
Information Listing > References
- Crinum toxicarium Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 134. 1824.
- Crinum asiaticum L., Sp. Pl. 292. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 280. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1504(1051). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 290. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 415. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 395. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 802. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 719. 1997.
- 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=664
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Asparagales |
| Family | Amaryllidaceae |
| Genus | Crinum |
| Species | Crinum asiaticum L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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