Scientific Name
Colchicum luteum Baker
Synonyms
Family
Colchicaceae
Local Name
SurinjanTalakh
Habit Habitat
An annual tender herb up to 25 cm, found in sub-tropical zone, with very short flowering season.
Taxonomic Features
Leaf simple, linear-lanceolate. Underground stem is corm, ovoid-oblong, flattened at base, having longitudinal groove on both sides, covered by dark brown membrane. Flower yellow, actinomorphic, bell-shaped, 3-4 cm across.Tepalslanceolate to oblanceolate, 2-3cm long. Fruit a capsule, 2-3cm long, ovoid. Seed numerous, globose.
Flowering Fruiting
January-February
Harvesting Time
February-March
Medicinal Value
Corm contain an alkaloid colchicine which is used for gout and rheumatism in allopathic, herbal and homeopathic systems of medicines, also used to treat leukemia.1,13 Locally used for treatment of joint pains and stomach problems, also removes uric acid from body.
Parts Used
Rhizome.
Future Prospective
Conservation, cultivation, herbal pharmacy, allopathic pharmacy.
Plant Images
Colchicum luteum Baker