- Family : LILIACEAE
(LILY FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Amaryllidaceae
- Species : Crinum defixum
- Synonym : Amaryllis vivipara Lam.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crinum viviparum (Lam.) R.Ansari & V.J.Nair
- Vernacular name : Chindar, Pindar (Hin.); Visha munguli, Nagadali (Kan.); Vishamungil (Tam.); Kesar chettu (Tel.); Kondai (Ori.); Sudarshan, Vishamandala (San.)
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : June-January
- Comments : On plains and abundant along river banks and marshes, often immersed. Fruits are massive.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Tanjavur district, Dharmapuri district (Tamil Nadu State); Chittoor district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Krishna district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Sambalpur district, Cuttack district, Puri district, Kalahandi district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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 defixum. Downloaded on 4 February 2025.
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