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Lilium polyphyllum D.Don details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names Back to the list of plant names

Latin name Lilium polyphyllum D.Don  Family Liliaceae  Identified with (Skt) kṣīrakākolī  Identified with (Hin) kṣīrakākoli  Identified with (Tam) kṣīrakākōḷi  Identified with (Mal) kṣīrakākōḷi  Botanical info A narrow bulbous herb with few narrow subequal fleshy scales, leaves in whorls, flowers 4 - 10, pendulous, fragrant, dull yellowish or greenish outside, white within, raised on the naked top of the stem, fruit a capsule, growing in western temperate Himalayas up to 3600 m  Search occurrence kṣīrakākolī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts  See plant's image Lilium polyphyllum D.Don in Google image search  Encyclopedias &  Dictionaries

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