Dasbai Chandi / Blackberry Lily
Iris domestica
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh & more
How to identify Dasbai Chandi
Identify Dasbai Chandi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Orange spotted flowers, black berry-like seed clusters (blackberry lily).
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Iridaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dasbai Chandi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Iris domestica
- Genus
- Iris
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Punjab, Rajasthan
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dasbai Chandi itself; the rest are typical of the Iridaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Manipuri
- ꯀꯥꯕꯣ ꯂꯩꯇꯦꯡ Kabo Leiteng
- Assamese
- সূৰজকাংতী Surajakanti, Chalkumra, Torobot
- Bengali
- Dasbai Chandi, Arti
- Nepali
- खड्गदारी Khadgadaaree, ट्याङ्ग पत्रे Tyaang Patre
About Dasbai Chandi
Blackberry Lily (Iris domestica) is a species in the Iridaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and 9 other states.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Iridaceae
Saffron Family
Dasbai Chandi belongs to the Iridaceae family.
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