Belamcanda chinensis (L.) Redouté
Spot Character
Flowers are yellow to orange-red, spotted with maroon Or purple (looking like Leopard)
Benefit
Ornamental plant. Medicinal plants that have anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, expectorant, stomachic, and purgative properties.
Distribution
B. chinensis occurs in northern India, northern Vietnam, eastern China, Korea and southern Japan. It is often planted as an ornamental, and has locally semi-naturalized on a small scale, e.g. in Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and the Moluccas. In China and Japan it is planted as a medicinal plant. It is also locally naturalized in North America.
Location
Classification
Kingdom : Plantae
Divisio : Magnoliophyta
Classis : Liliopsida
Ordo : Liliales
Familia : Iridaceae
Genus : Belamcanda
Species : Belamcanda chinensis (L.) Redouté (USDA,2017)
Common name: Bunga lili leopard, brojo lintang
Description
This perennial plant has sword-shaped alternate leaves about ¾–2' long; they originate primarily toward the bottom of the flowering stalk. These leaves are often grouped together into the shape of a fan; they are green to grey-blue, linear in shape, glabrous, and glaucous. Their margins are smooth, while their veins are parallel. The erect central stalk tall and either branched or unbranched, glabrous, glaucous, and pale green. There are pairs of small linear-lanceolate bracts at each fork of the stalk; these bracts are slightly membranous and tend to wither away. Each flower spans about 1–2 across, consisting of 6 spreading tepals, The tepals are orange with purple dots and elliptic-oblong in shape, while the ovary is green, glabrous, and narrowly ovoid. There is no noticeable floral scent. The root system consists of a thickened crown at the base of the plant, which has fibrous roots underneath; spreading rhizomes are also produced. Both the crown and rhizomes have an orange interior. This plant can spread by either rhizomes or seeds.