Malabar Glory Lily
Gloriosa superba
Also known as Tiger Claw Lily, Glorious Lily, Climbing lily
ClimberMedicinal
About Malabar Glory Lily
Gloriosa superba is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae. Common names include flame lily, climbing lily, creeping lily, glory lily, gloriosa lily, tiger claw, and fire lily.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gloriosa superba
- Genus
- Gloriosa
- Family
- LILIACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Native to
- Paleotropics
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Malaysia
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बचनाग bachnag, kadyanag, करी हरी kari hari
- Nepali
- नेपाली केवारा Nepali kewara
- Bengali
- Bishalanguli, Ulatchandal, উলট চন্ডাল
- Tamil
- செங்காந்தள் Chenkantal, கலப்பை கிழங்கு Kallappai kilangu, கோடல்
- Telugu
- అగ్నీసిఖా Agnisikha, అగ్నిశిఖ, అడవినాభి
- Kannada
- ಅಗ್ನಿಶಿಖೆ Agnisikhe, ಶಿವಶಕ್ತಿ Shivashakti, Karadikanninagadde
- Malayalam
- Kithonni, Mendoni, കാളിഹാരി
- Marathi
- कळ लावी Kal-lavi, indai, khadyanag
Botanical family
Liliaceae
Lily Family
Malabar Glory Lily belongs to the Liliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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