Gadabi Kanda / Milk And Wine Lily
Crinum latifolium
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- March-July
How to identify Gadabi Kanda
Identify Gadabi Kanda by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Pink stripe down each petal.
- Confirm leaf shape: Linear.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Umbel.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crinum latifolium
- Genus
- Crinum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Banks of rivers
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Africa
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LinearrecordedVery long and narrow with roughly parallel sides.“The leaves are long, linear and ligulate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Basal
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gadabi Kanda itself; the rest are typical of the Amaryllidaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- UmbelrecordedFlower stalks all radiate from a single point, like umbrella ribs.“The flowers are white and arranged in an umbel.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Umbel
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gadabi Kanda itself; the rest are typical of the Amaryllidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- हाडे फूल Haade Phool
- Bengali
- সুখদর্শন Sukhadarshana, স দর্শন, সুখদর্শন
- Telugu
- క్రైనం లెటిఫొలియం
- Marathi
- गडांबी कांदा Gadabi Kanda, गुलाबी कर्णफूल Gulabi Karnaphul, गुलाबी कर्णफूल
About Gadabi Kanda
Milk and Wine Lily (Crinum latifolium) is a herb in the Amaryllidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan and 3 other states. It grows in banks of rivers. Flowering and fruiting run from March to July.
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis Family
Gadabi Kanda belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family.
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