- Family : LILIACEAE
- Family (As per The Plant List) : Colchicaceae
- Species : Gloriosa superba
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gloriosa superba L.
- Common name : Malabar Glory Lily
- Vernacular name : Langali (San.); Karihari, Langoli (Hin.); Gauri hoovu, Huli uguru, Agnishika, Kolikuttuma (Kan.)
- Collection Nos : HFP 613, CJS 11424
- Habit : Climbing Shrub
- Comments : Common in hedges. Tubers are edible and medicinal, contain the natural product Colchicine, a mitotic inhibitor that has its therapeutic use in treatment of skin diseases, rheumatism and gout.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi
- Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
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