- Family : IRIDACEAE
(Saffron Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KESAR FAMILY (केसर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Iridaceae
- Synonym(s) : Epidendrum domesticum L.; Vanilla domestica (L.) Druce; Belamcanda chinensis var. curtata Makino; Belamcanda chinensis f. flava Makino; Belamcanda chinensis var. taiwanensis S.S.Ying; Belamcanda chinensis f. vulgaris Makino; Belamcanda flabellata Grey; Belamcanda pampaninii H.Lév.; Belamcanda punctata Moench; Bermudiana guttata Stokes; Ferraria crocea Salisb.; Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Kuntze; Gemmingia chinensis f. aureoflora Makino; Gemmingia chinensis f. rubriflora Makino; Ixia chinensis L.; Ixia ensifolia Noronha; Moraea chinensis (L.) Thunb.; Moraea guttata (Stokes) Stokes; Pardanthus chinensis (L.) Ker Gawl.; Pardanthus nepalensis Sweet; Pardanthus sinensis Van Houtte
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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 : Cecil J. Saldanha; Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Nos : HFP 792, CJS 14453, CJS 14660
- Collection Locality : Hebbsale (Hassan); Belur road (Hassan)
- Distribution :
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 186
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Belamcanda chinensis. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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