Bitterroot Restoration

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Common name: Ulatchandal, Bishalanguli, Agnishikha(Beng.); flame lily, fire lily, gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily, climbing lily, and creeping lily (Eng.).
Life cycle: Perennial
Native Range: Their native range is Africa, Southeastern Asia and parts of Malaysia, but they are now widely cultivated.

Gloriosa superba is a striking tuberous climbing plant with brilliant wavy-edged yellow and red flowers. It is the national flower of Zimbabwe, former Rhodesia (where it is a protected plant). It is also the state flower of Tamil Nadu state in India, and was the national flower of Tamil Eelam, and as such was displayed during Maaveerar Day.

Gloriosa superba is a reputed medicine. According to Ayurveda, tuber is pungent, bitter, acrid, heating, anthemirtic, laxative, alexiteric, abortifacient, and useful in ulcers, leprosy, piles, iflommations, abdominal pains, itching and thirst.