- Family : LILIACEAE
(Lily Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Liliaceae
- Synonym(s) : Baimo cirrhosa (D.Don) Raf.; Fritillaria cirrhosa var. bonatii (H.Lév.) S.C.Chen; Fritillaria cirrhosa var. dingriensis Y.K.Yang & J.Z.Zhang; Fritillaria cirrhosa subsp. roylei (Hook.) Ali; Fritillaria cirrhosa var. viridiflava S.C.Chen; Fritillaria duilongdeqingensis Y.K.Yang & Gesan; Fritillaria lhiinzeensis Y.K.Yang & al.; Fritillaria polyphylla Fortune; Fritillaria roylei Hook.; Fritillaria zhufenensis Y.K.Yang & J.Z.Zhang; Lilium bonatii H.Lév.; Melorima cirrhosa (D.Don) Raf.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don
- Common name : Himalayan Fritillary
- Vernacular name :
- Kakoli (Hindi)
- Kakoli (Tamil)
- Kakoli (Malayalam)
- Kakoli (Telugu)
- Kakoli (Kannada)
- Kakoli, Ksirakakol, Ksirasukla, Payasya (Sanskrit)
- Chichaor (Bhutia)
- Kakolee (Nepali)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Forests, alpine thickets, meadows, flood lands, moist places; 3200 - 4600 m. altitude
- Comments / notes : The bulb is supposedly antiasthmatic, antirheumatic, febrifuge, galactogogue, haemostatic, ophthalmic and oxytocic. It is boiled with orange peel and used in the treatment of TB and asthma.
- Key identification features : Bulbous, leafy, unbranched herbs; Lower leaves opposite, upper whorled with cirrhose tips; Inflorescence axillary or terminal raceme; Flowers 1-2 -tassellate; nectary broad, naked; Capsule loculicidal, erect, many-seeded.
- Flower, Fruit : May-October
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 240
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 198-199
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fritillaria cirrhosa. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.
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