Drimia indica

Drimia indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Drimia
Species:	D. indica
Binomial name
	Drimia indica; (Roxb.) Jessop
Synonyms
	Synonymy Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter (1914) ; Aletris littoralis J.Koenig ex Steud. (1840) ; Anthericum hyacinthoides Willd. ex Kunth (1843) ; Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (2003 publ. 2004) ; Erythronium hyacinthoides Royle (1840) ; Erythronium indicum Rottler ex Spreng. (1825), pro syn. ; Indurgia indica (Roxb.) Speta (2001) ; Indurgia wightiana (Hook.f.) Speta (2001) ; Ledebouria maculata Dalzell (1850) ; Melanthium hyacinthoides Royle (1839) ; Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (2003 publ. 2004) ; Scilla indica Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 147 (1832) ; Thuranthos indicus (Roxb.) Speta in Phyton (Horn) 38: 84 (1998) ; Thuranthos wightianus (Hook.f.) Speta (1998) ; Thuranthos zambesiacum (Baker) Kativu (1994) ; Urginea amboensis Baker (1903) ; Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f. (1892), nom. illeg. ; Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 4: 333 (1843) ; Urginea salmonea Berhaut (1967) ; Urginea sebirii Berhaut (1954) ; Urginea wightiana Hook.f. (1892) ; Urginea zambesiaca Baker (1873) ; Vera-duthiea amboensis (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (2019) ; Vera-duthiea reflexa (K.Krause & Dinter) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (2019) ; Vera-duthiea salmonea (Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (2019) ; Vera-duthiea sebirii (Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (2019) ; Vera-duthiea zambesiaca (Baker) N.R.Crouch & Mart.-Azorín (2020) ;

Drimia indica is a species of flowering plant found from South Asia to South Africa.^[2]

Description

Drimia indica is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant which grows from bulbs. It has long leaves, typically 15–30 cm long by 1–2.5 cm wide, but sometimes considerably longer. The flowers, which appear in spring before the leaves, are borne in racemes on a leafless stem (scape) up to 60 cm long. The flowers are widely spaced on the raceme, which is 15–31 cm long, and are carried on stalks (pedicels) 2.5–4 cm long. Individual flowers are bell-shaped. The six pale brown tepals have white margins. The 6–7 cm long stamens have yellow anthers and filaments which are flattened at the base. Between six and nine seeds are produced in a capsule which is 1.5–1.8 cm long. Individual seeds are black and shaped like flattened ellipsoids.^[2]

Distribution

D. indica has a wide distribution, in tropical and southern Africa, the Indian subcontinent and eastwards to Vietnam.^[3]

Uses

D. indica is used as a substitute for the "true squill", Drimia maritima, in traditional medicine.^[2]

Sources

^ Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Drimia indica". Flora of Pakistan. eFloras. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
^ "Drimia indica". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2017-08-05.

External links

https://archive.today/20130216224731/http://www.tribalmedicine-hemadriz.com/papersnreviews.html
Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Drimia indica". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

[powo-1] Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[FoP-2] "Drimia indica". Flora of Pakistan. eFloras. Retrieved 2013-07-02.

[WCSP_304999-3] "Drimia indica". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2017-08-05.

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