Fireball Lily
Scadoxus multiflorus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- April-May
How to identify Fireball Lily
Identify Fireball Lily by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Umbel.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaryllidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Fireball Lily.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Scadoxus multiflorus
- Genus
- Scadoxus
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Odisha, Telangana, Gujarat, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-May
- 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
- Redrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- UmbelrecordedFlower stalks all radiate from a single point, like umbrella ribs.“The bracts under the umbel soon wither.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruit is a berry, 5–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) across.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Umbel
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Fireball Lily itself; the rest are typical of the Amaryllidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കുടമുല്ല
About Fireball Lily
A member of the Amaryllidaceae family, Fireball Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 14 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from April to May.
Uses
It is long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice. Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis Family
Fireball Lily belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family.
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