Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf.

 
  • Family : AMARYLLIDACEAE
    (Amaryllis Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SUDARSHAN FAMILY (सुदर्शन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaryllidaceae
  • Basionym : Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn
  • Synonym(s) : Haemanthus kalbreyeri Baker
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf.
  • Common name : Fireball Lily
  • Vernacular name :
    • African Blood Lily
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Often grown in gardens. Also occurs as an escape
  • Flower, Fruit : April-May
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 09/05/1959
  • Collection Nos : CS 4361
  • Collection Locality : Kodaikanal, Dindigal dist.
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
  • Native : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Na
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Scadoxus multiflorus. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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