The plant is regarded as endangered. It is an alternate source of the alkaloid -colchicine and is commercially overexploit.
On Jan 10, 9:23 am, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > A lovely picture, Dinesh ji. > > 2009/1/9 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > > > > > > ... for Flora Picture of the Year 2008 > > > Hello friends, > > Sometimes the Stars, the Moon, the Sun -- all of them are happy at the same > > moment -- I mean happy with my photo-shooting skills. > > One such moment: September 16, 2007 11.03am ... clicked Gloriosa superba at > > Valley Park, Navi Mumbai. > > > Native of India (and south-east Asia) ... a very different flower ... > > colors blending from green to yellow to orange to red ... and almost to > > scarlet ... a very different plant of lily family ... reaches out for > > support with help of its leaves ... the leaf tip elongates to form a very > > slender tendril to coil around nearby support. > > > Commonly known by many names: climbing lily, creeping lily, fire lily, > > flame lily, gloriosa lily, glory lily, malabar glory lily, superb lily, > > tiger claw ... and *kandhal* in Tamil (காந்தள்) ... it is the State Flower > > of Tamil Nadu, India. > > > Regards. > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & > Fauna:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix)http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en- Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
