✿Liliaceae · Drimia
Ban Piaj / Secret Night Squill
Drimia indica
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- December-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Drimia indica
- Genus
- Drimia
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Liliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Liliaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बन प्याज ban piaj, जंगली कांदा jungli kanda, जंगली प्याज jungli piaj
- Nepali
- बन प्याज ban pyaaj
- Bengali
- জংলি পিয়াজ jongali piyaz, জংলি পিয়াজ
- Tamil
- ஆசுக்காயம் acukkayam, நரிவெங்காயம் nari-venkayam, நாயுள்ளி nay-ulli, நரிவெங்காயம்
- Telugu
- నక్క nakka
- Kannada
- ಬಿಳಿ ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ bili eerulli, ಕಾಡು ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ kaadu bellulli, ಕಾಡೀರುಳ್ಳಿ kaadirulli
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുള്ളി kaattulli, കാൻതെങ്ങ kaanthenga, നരിവെങ്കായം narivenkayam
- Marathi
- रान कांदा ran kanda
About Ban Piaj
Secret Night Squill (Drimia indica) is a herb belonging to the Liliaceae family (Lily Family). It is typically found in dry deciduous forests and also in the plains. It occurs across India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tropical Africa. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during December-May.
Botanical family
Liliaceae
Lily Family
Ban Piaj belongs to the Liliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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