Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Drimia

Characteristics

Plants up to 50 cm., flowering with or before the leaves.. Leaves, linear, up to 30 cm. long, 4-18 mm. wide.. Inflorescence a very lax raceme with 5-25 flowers; bracts often caducous, up to 2 mm. long, spurs up to 2 mm. long; pedicels 12-30 mm. long, erect or ascending.. Perianth-segments free or united up to 1.5 mm., brownish or greenish, 6-11 mm. long.. Filaments linear, free or united with the perianth-segments, free part 5-6 mm.. Ovary ovoid, 3-4 mm. long; style 4-5 mm. long.. Capsule ellipsoid, 8-18 mm. long.. Seeds 7-10 mm. long.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.5
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and wet grass savannah.
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Rocky savannah at elevations of 100-1,525 metres in Africa.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The tuber is eaten raw or used in vegetable preparations.
Uses food gene source material medicinal poison
Edible leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use Anthelmintics (bulb), Antineoplastic agents (bulb), Antiprotozoal agents (bulb), Antirheumatic agents (bulb), Antiviral agents (bulb), Appetite stimulants (bulb), Asthma (bulb), Bronchial diseases (bulb), Bronchitis (bulb), Cardiotonic agents (bulb), Common cold (bulb), Cough (bulb), Diuretics (bulb), Dysuria (bulb), Edema (bulb), Expectorants (bulb), Hypoglycemic agents (bulb), Menstruation-inducing agents (bulb), Paralysis (bulb), General tonic for rejuvenation (bulb), Skin diseases (bulb), Urination disorders (bulb), Wounds and injuries (bulb), Amebiasis (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Corn (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Hyperglycemia (unspecified), Leukemia (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Angina pectoris, variant (unspecified), Cardiotonic agents (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Urination disorders (unspecified), Whooping cough (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Drimia indica unspecified picture

Distribution

Drimia indica world distribution map, present in Benin, Bangladesh, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Nepal, Pakistan, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534525-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766126
COL ID 37P4T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Scilla indica Thuranthos govindappae Thuranthos zambesiacum Urginea amboensis Urginea salmonea Urginea indica Urginea zambesiaca Urginea wightiana Ornithogalum desertorum Aletris littoralis Anthericum hyacinthoides Drimia indica Erythronium indicum Indurgia govindappae Indurgia indica Indurgia wightiana Ledebouria maculata Thuranthos wightianus Urginea coromandeliana Urginea coromandeliana Urginea sebirii Albuca reflexa Erythronium hyacinthoides Drimia zambesiaca Thuranthos indicus Melanthium hyacinthoides Urginea govindappae