Nice reporting and a beautiful photograph. Thanks .
On Aug 4, 1:30 pm, Pravir Deshmukh <prav...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Colchicum luteum* *Baker* > > * > * > > Family: Colchicaceae > > Corm ovoid, oblong, coat brown to dark-brown, membranous. Leaves 3-6, > appearing at flowering time, linear to broadly linear, apex obtuse. Flowers > yellow, infundibuliform, 3-4 cm across. Tepals 6, united below into a long, > narrow tube, up to 9 cm long. Stamens 6, attached at the base of the > perianth segments, included; filaments ; anthers yellow, basifixed. Ovary > superior, trilocular; styles 3, filiform, longer than the stamens; stigma > minute. > > *Fl. Per.:* February to May depending on the altitude. > > Recorded From: Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh > > Elevation: 1500 to 3000 m altitude. > > Use: The seeds and the corm contain the alkaloid, *Colchicine,* which is > used in medicine to relieve pain and inflamation and in plant breeding work > to induce doubling of chromosomes. > > -- > Pravir Deshmukh > 09717611977 > > -- > Pravir Deshmukh > 09717611977 > > -- > Pravir Deshmukh > 09717611977 > > DSC_02551.jpg > 274KViewDownload
