• Family : LILIACEAE
  (LILY FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Asparagaceae
• Species : Urginea indica
• Synonym : Drimia nagarjunae (Hemadri & Swahari) Anand Kumar; Urginea nagarjunae Hemadri & Swahari
• Basionym : Scilla indica Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop
• Vernacular name : Adaviulligadda, Mungari molaka (Tel.); Vanapalandu (San.)
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : March-July
• Comments : Often in grasslands on hills.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Udayagiri Hills (Nellore district), Horsley Hills (Chittoor district), East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Kalahandi district, Nayagarh district, Angul district, Mayurbhanj district, Boudh district, Ganjam district, Rayagada district, Bolangir district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Myanmar, Tropical Africa
• 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; Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3.
• 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=Urginea indica. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.

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