• Family : IRIDACEAE
  (Saffron Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KESAR FAMILY (केसर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : IRIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb.
• Common name : Leopard Flower
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grown as garden plant
• Key identification features : A perennial herb with underground rhizome. Leaves are two-ranked on a compressed aerial shoot. Flowers are attractive, 2-2.5 cm. across and borne on a branched terminal inflorescence. The petals form a wheel-shaped structure. Fruit dehiscent.
• Flower, Fruit : September-October
• Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha; C.J.Saldanha
• Collection Nos : HFP 792, CJS 14453, CJS 14660
• Collection Locality : Hebbsale (Hassan); Belur road (Hassan)
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Belamcanda chinensis. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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