CRINUM LILY
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Crinum asiaticum L.
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Crinum
Species: asiaticum
Scientific Name: Crinum asiaticum L.
Common Name-
English: Grand crinum lily, Poison Bulb, Giant Crinum Lily, Spider Lily
Bengali: বড়ো কানুর baro kanur, কোবা রসুন koba rasun, নাগদল nagdal, নাগদামিনী nagdamini, সুদর্শন sudarsan, সুখদর্শন sukhdarshan
Gujarati: નાગદમની nagdamani, સુખદર્શન sukhdarshan
Hindi: नागदमनी nagdamani, सुखदर्शन sukhdarshan
Kannada: ನಾಗದಾಳಿ naagdaali, ವಿಷಬಿದುರು vishabiduru, ವಿಷಮುಂಗುಲಿ vishamunguli
Konkani: नागदवण nagdavan
Malayalam: വെളുത്തപോളതാളി veluttapolatali
Marathi: भुईशिरड bhuishirad, नागदमनी
nagadamani, नागदवण nagadavana
Sanskrit: नागदमनी nagadamani, सुदर्शन sudarsana, विषमण्डल vishamandala
Distribution: It is native to Indian Ocean islands, East Asia, tropical Asia, Australia and
Pacific islands.
Description:
Habit & Habitat: C. asiaticum is a perennial herb that typically grows up to 1.2 m. tall. It has a leaf base. Its pseudobulb is spherical. The upper part of the bulb is cylindrical. The
base is laterally branched, with a diameter of about 6–15 cm.
Leaves: Its leaves are lanceolate, margin undulate, apically acuminate. They feature 1 sharp point and are dark green, growing up to 1 m long. Their width is 7–12 cm or wider
and they number 20-30.
Flowers: The inflorescence is an umbel with 10-24 flowers, six petaloid tepals , and aromatic. The flower stem is erect, as long as the leaf, and solid. The spathe is lanceolate, membranous, and 6–10 cm. The bractlet liner is 3–7 cm. Its perianth tube is slender and
straight, green white, 7–10 cm, diameter 1.5–2 mm. The corolla is spider-like shaped, white, linear, revolute, attenuate, 4.5–9 cm long, and 6–9 mm wide. The corolla is 6-lobed.
The pedicel is ca 0.5-2.5 cm long. It has 6 reddish stamens. The filaments are 4–5 cm long. The anthers are liner, attenuate, ca. 1.5 cm long or more. The ovary is fusiform, and up to
2 cm long.
Fruit: The fruit is an oblate capsule, green, and 3–5 cm in diameter. The seeds are large, and the exotesta is spongy.