Botanical Name

Gloriosa superba

Family

Colchicaceae

Sanskrit name

Laangali

English name

Glory lily

Hindi name

kalihari

Kannada name

Agnishikhe

Habit

Climber

Habitat

Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests

Plant Description

It is a climber with soft stem.The leaves are lanceolate and the tip are modified into tendrils. Flowers are with a combination red and yellow look like the flame .Fruits are elongated with reddish seeds.The rhizome is fleshy and appears like plough.

Conservation status

Critically endangered

Distribution

Western ghats of India

Part used

.Rhizome

Medicinal uses

Poisonous plant used only after purification. Used in scorpion sting, insect bites, to induce abortion, skin diseases, wounds, localised swellings, worm infestation