Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop
Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop
Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop
Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 61 |
Synonym | : | Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter.;
Aletris littoralis J.Koenig ex Steud.;
Anthericum hyacinthoides Willd. ex Kunth.;
Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt.;
Erythronium hyacinthoides Royle.;
Erythronium indicum Rottler ex Spreng., pro syn.;
Indurgia coromandeliana (Roxb.) Speta, no basionym page.;
Indurgia govindappae (A.Boraiah & Fathima) Speta.;
Indurgia indica (Roxb.) Speta;
Indurgia wightiana (Hook.f.) Speta;
Ledebouria maculata Dalzell;
Melanthium hyacinthoides Royle;
Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt;
Scilla coromandeliana Roxb.;
Scilla indica Roxb.;
Thuranthos coromandelianus (Roxb.) Speta;
Thuranthos govindappae (A.Boraiah & Fathima) Speta;
Thuranthos indicus (Roxb.) Speta;
Thuranthos wightianus (Hook.f.) Speta;
Thuranthos zambesiacum (Baker) Kativu;
Urginea amboensis Baker;
Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f., nom. illeg.;
Urginea govindappae A.Boraiah & Fathima;
Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth;
Urginea salmonea Berhaut;
Urginea sebirii Berhaut;
Urginea wightiana Hook.f.;
Urginea zambesiaca Baker; |
Plant Common Name | : | Indian Squill, Indian Drimia, Ban piaz, Jangli piaz, Kanda, Kaadu bellulli, Naayiulli, Seeme nari eerulli, Shiru naarangadde, Kanthanga, Katulli, Kolkand, Saapkanda, Jangali Kanda, Asmantaka, Krimighna, Karuvulli, Chiruvenkayam, Adavitellagadda, Nakka Vulli |
Plant Family | : | Asparagaceae |
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. Flowering: April-May. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Harisal |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | anti-ulcerous, antinematodal, antitumorous, anthelmintic antiarthrities and also used to cure skin diseases like warts, abscesses, boils, cardiac diseases, anti-dote to scorpion sting |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: salicylic acid; coumarins; quercitin; kaempferol; apigenin; luteolin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Kaempferol; Apigenin; Luteolin; |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243959
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Squill.html
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250090382
- http://jprsolutions.info/newfiles/journal_file_56bb60db49fb85.78514015.pdf |
Reference | : | ~ Holaly E. Gbekley, Gnatoulma Katawa, Simplice D. Karou, SKokou Anani, Tchacondo Tchadjobo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Komlan Batawila, and Jacques Simpore; "Ethnobotanical Study Of Plants Used To Treat Asthma In The Maritime Region In Togo"; Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2017); 14(1): 196-212 PMID : 28480398 ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
Subclass | : |
Order | : Asparagales |
Family | : Asparagaceae |
Genus | : Drimia |
Species | : Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop |