Crinum malabaricum

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Crinum malabaricum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Crinum
Species:
C. malabaricum
Binomial name
Crinum malabaricum
Lekhak & S.R.Yadav

Crinum malabaricum is a plant species belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae. [1]

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Description

It is a fully immersed herb growing from tunicated bulb. There are 8-19 flat, strap shaped leaves per bulb. Leaves are whitish in the base, dark green above and floating on the water surface. They gradually narrow from base to apex and are with minute forward pointed spinules. White sweet scented flowers with dark red styles are seen in umbels. [2]

Range

This species was first described from Periya, Kasargod in 2012

Habitat

Grows in seasonally running streams along with other water loving plants

Ecology

Etymology

Taxonomy

References

  1. "Crinum malabaricum". iNaturalist. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  2. Crinum malabaricum (Amaryllidaceae), a remarkable new aquatic species from Kerala, India and lectotypification of Crinum thaianum M. M. Lekhak 1 & S. R. Yadav