Dear Alok ji If you are working with the plant, you must be having flowering specimens, photograph or herbarium. Crinum can;t be confused with species of Allium (some may be called as Jungli lassun). Perhaps if you send photographs some of us may be able to identify.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Alok Goyal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hallo all > > Can any one please tell me the correct identity of a plant called Jangali > Lahsun. According to me the name is *Crinum defixum*. however, on chemical > tests the plant which we have collected from Bihar and Jharkhand region is > not giving a proper test for the presence of chemicals reported in > literature for crinum defixum. that means the identity is wrong for the > plant on our part. > > if it is crinum defixum only, where can i fiond the plant in the region of > North India like Himacha pradesh or can any one please guide me to a seller > who sells this plant in market. the bulbs are used for the analysis purpose > and we need the bulbs only.... > > > please help.. > > Alok >
