- Family : LILIACEAE
(Lily Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Colchicaceae
- Synonym(s) : Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gloriosa superba L.
- Common name : Malabar Glory Lily, Tiger Claw Lily, Glorious Lily, Climbing lily
- Vernacular name :
- Karihari, Langoli, Kulhari, Kaliari (Hindi)
- Gauri hoovu, Huli uguru, Agnishika, Kolikuttuma (Kannada)
- Kalappaikizhanngu, Kanvalikodi (Tamil)
- Nageti gadda, Adavi-nabhi, Kalappa gadda, Ganjeri, Pottidumpa (Tel)
- Langali (Sanskrit)
- Kalalavi, Kadya-nag (Marathi)
- Kanthel, Kariyilanchi, Karthikapoovu, Malathamara, Menthonni, Ventoni (Malayalam)
- Ognisikha, Meheria phulo, Karihara, Dasara phulo, Durga phulo, Nanangalia (Oria)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Sporadic in open forests and scrub. Often in plains to about 1000m, on thickets.
- Flower, Fruit : July-November
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 09/11/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-63
- Collection Locality : Kavalur Observatory, Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bagalkot district, Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All disricts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Malkangiri district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, also in tidal scrub
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Native : Paleotropics
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Malaysia
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Gowda, 2004 – Floraof Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gloriosa superba. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.
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