Gloriosa superba L. - flame lily
Gloriosa superba L. - flame lily
Gloriosa superba L. - flame lily
Gloriosa superba L. - flame lily
Gloriosa superba L. - flame lily
MC031 : Gloriosa superba L.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 509 |
| Synonym | : | Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien, Gloriosa simplex L., Gloriosa speciosa (Hochst.) Engl., Methonica superba (L.) Crantz; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kal-Lawi, K-Zagdaili, glory lily, bachnag, kalihari, langali, climbing lily, creeping lily, fire lily, flame lily, gloriosa lily, Malabar glory lily, superb lily, tiger claw, jhumka, |
| Plant Family | : | Liliaceae |
| Description | : | A herbaceous glabrous branching climber. Leaves sessile, 7.5-15 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, ending in a cirrhate tip. Flowers large, axillary, solitary or subcorymbose towards the ends of the branches; petals 6.3 cm long, linear-lanceolate with crispy waved margins, greenish at first, then yellow, passing through orange and scarlet to crimson. Capsules 4.5 cm long, oblong, 3-lobed. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Dhargad, Bori, Koktu |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Anti venome(snake), anthelmintic, laxative, alexiteric, abortifacient; Flame lily also used as a tonic, anti-periodic, anti-helminthic. The tuber has commonly been used as a suicidal agent among women in rural areas. tubers are tonic, stomachic and anthelmintic; useful in colic, chronic ulcers and piles; gout; abortifacient; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Colchicine; Gloriosine; Isoperlolyrine; Beta-sitosterol; 2-hydroxy 6-methoxy benzoic acid; Luteolin;
N-formyldeacetylcolchine;
3-dimethylcolchicine; chelidonic acid; colchicines; dimethyl colchicine; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Beta-sitosterol; Luteolin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare, Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ 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 : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 PMID : ~ Nduche, M.U. and Okwulehie, I.C.; "ETHNOMEDICINAL SURVEY OF PLANTS USED IN TREATING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA"; Review of Plant Studies (2014); 1(2): 1-9 PMID : ~ Das, DC.; Sinha, NK.; Chattopadhyay JC.; Das M. and Samanta P.; "The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis in south west Bengal of India"; International Journal of Phytomedicine (2013); 5: 14-17 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Liliales |
| Family | : Liliaceae - Lily family |
| Genus | : Gloriosa L. - flame lily |
| Species | : Gloriosa superba L. - flame lily |