- Family : LILIACEAE
(LILY FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Amaryllidaceae
- Species : Crinum asiaticum
- Synonym : Crinum toxicarium Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crinum asiaticum L.
- Common name : Poison bulb
- Vernacular name : Kanwal, Chindar, Hathi kanda, Pindar (Hin.); Visha munguli, Nagadali (Kan.); Visha moongil (Tam.); Vishamungali, Kesar chettu (Tel.); Arsa (Ori.); Sudarshan, Vishamandala (San.)
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : June-August; August onwards
- Comments : Often on hills above 500 m on the slopes. Also, grown as an ornamental.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State; Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Vijaynagaram district (Andhra Pradesh State); Cuttack district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Java
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Crinum asiaticum. Downloaded on 29 January 2025.
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