Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & Rolla Rao
Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & Rolla Rao
MH481 : Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & Rolla Rao
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | Magnificent Grass Lily |
| Plant Family | : | Colchicaceae |
| Description | : | a perennial herb, 30-50 cm tall. Stems are branched, unlike the closely similar Indian Grass Lily. Leaves are linear-lanceshaped. Flowers are dark brownish-purple, carried on long stalks. A distinguishing feature of this species is that stamen filaments are hairless. Capsules are ellipsoid-oblong, many seeded. Magnificent Grass Lily is endemic to Maharashtra and Karnataka |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Oil extracted from bulbs is uniquely used against Migraine and Snake bite by Korku tribe but elsewhere it is used for other health elements by few researchers |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some ethnomedicinally important new plant reports from Melghat"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2008); 32(Suppl.): 214-215. PMID : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Liliales |
| Family | : Colchicaceae |
| Genus | : Iphigenia |
| Species | : Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & Rolla Rao |