About common African hyacinth
Ledebouria revoluta, the south Indian squill, is a flowering plant species in the genus Ledebouria found in Southern Africa and India.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ledebouria revoluta
- Genus
- Ledebouria
- Family
- LILIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Tropical East Africa, Yemen
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- जंगली प्याज jungali pyaaj
- Tamil
- காட்டு வெங்காயம் kattu venkayam, நரி வெங்காயம் nari venkayam
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ kaadu bellulli, ಕಾಡು ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ
- Malayalam
- നരിവെങ്കായം narivenkaayam
- Marathi
- भुईकांदा bhuikanda, खाजकांदा khajkanda, रानकांदा rankanda
Botanical family
Liliaceae
Lily Family
common African hyacinth belongs to the Liliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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