Punnaga Hoovu / Barbados Lily
Hippeastrum puniceum
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
How to identify Punnaga Hoovu
Identify Punnaga Hoovu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Umbel.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaryllidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Punnaga Hoovu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hippeastrum puniceum
- Genus
- Hippeastrum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Basal
Typical of the Amaryllidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“The umbel has lanceolate green bracts at its base.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- UmbelrecordedFlower stalks all radiate from a single point, like umbrella ribs.“The flowers are borne in an umbel on a stem (scape) which is 40–60 cm tall.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Umbel
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Punnaga Hoovu itself; the rest are typical of the Amaryllidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- Punnaga Hoovu, Gramaphone Hoovu
About Punnaga Hoovu
Barbados Lily (Hippeastrum puniceum) is a species in the Amaryllidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 6 other states.
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis Family
Punnaga Hoovu belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family.
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