Gloriosa SUPERBA L.
| Synonym : | Clinostylis speciosa Hochst. Eugone superba (L.) Salisb. Gloriosa angulata Schumach. Gloriosa nepalensis G.Don Methonica grandiflora Hook. |
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| Bangla Name : | Ulatchandal, Bishlanguli, Bilambuli, Agnishikha. |
| English Name : | Malabar Glory Lily, Superb Lily. |
| Family : | Liliaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, stomachic,anthelmintic, gastrointestinal,vomiting, neuralgia,pains ,abortifacient, colic, chronic ulcers and piles. |
| Description : | A herbaceous glabrous branching climber. Leaves sessile, 7.5-15 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, ending in a cirrhate tip. Flowers large, axillary, solitary or subcorymbose towards the ends of the branches, petals 6.3 cm long, linear-lanceolate with crispy waved margins, greenish at first, then yellow, passing through orange and scarlet to crimson. Capsules 4.5 cm long, oblong, 3-lobed. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong and some other district (rare). |
| Chemical Constituents : | Tubers, seeds and flowers contain the alkaloid, colchicines, as the major constituent. They also contain a number of colchicines derivatives, neutral phenolic substances, luteolin, ?-sitosterol, its glucosides, ?-& ?-lumicolchicines, 2–OH-6-MeO benzoic ac |
| Uses : | The tubers are tonic, stomachic and anthelmintic in small doses, intensely poisonous in larger doses. It is a gastrointestinal irritant and may cause vomiting and purging, used externally for parasitic skin diseases and in cataplasm for neuralgia. Sometim |
| Habit : | Climber |