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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH289 : Iphigenia indica (L.) A. Gray ex Kunth

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 510  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Liliales
Family : Colchicaceae
Genus : Iphigenia
Species : Iphigenia indica (L.) A. Gray ex Kunth
Plant Location in Melghat : On moist hill slopes and Plateaux  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : UNCOMMON  
Plant Family : Colchicaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Indian Grass Lily, kaadu bellulli,neeru baale, jambhale bhui-chakra, kaki katuka
 
Synonym : Anguillaria caricina Schult. & Schult.f.
Anguillaria cochinchinensis Spreng.
Anguillaria indica (L.) R.Br.
Anguillaria racemosa Schult. & Schult.f.
Aphoma angustiflora Raf.
Aphoma cuneata Raf.
Hypoxidopsis pumila Steud. ex Baker.
Iphigenia caricina (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth.
Iphigenia racemosa A.Gray ex Kunth.
Lloydia melanantha H.Lév.
Melanthium caricinum Roth.
Melanthium indicum L.
Melanthium racemosum Roth, nom. illeg.
Notocles indica (L.) Salisb., nom. inval.
Description : Corm globose, 0.5--1.5 cm in diam. Stem 10--25 cm, usually minutely papillose. Leaves linear, 7--15 cm × 3--9 mm, midvein conspicuous, base sheathing and clasping. Corymb 2--10-flowered; bracts linear, 1.5--2.5 cm; pedicels 2--4 cm. Tepals dark purple, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 7--10 × 0.7--1 mm. Stamens 2--3 mm; filaments papillose; anthers ca. 1 mm. Stigma lobes recurved. Capsule obovoid to oblong, 6--8 × 3--3.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 22, (26, 33), 44.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Anti-cancer
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : alpha-naphthaleneacetic acid
6-benzylaminopurine
indole-3-butyric acid
colchicine
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :