Common name: Leopard Flower, Blackberry lily • Manipuri: কবো লৈতেঙ Kabo Leiteng • Assamese: সূৰজকাংতী Surajakanti, Chalkumra, Torobot • Bengali: Dasbai Chandi • Bengali: Arti
Botanical name: Belamcanda chinensis Family: Iridaceae (Iris family)
Leopard Flower is an iris-like perennial herb, with leaves in fans on
branching stems. Lance-shaped leaves will reach 2 to 3 feet.
Flowers are 5 cm across, borne on slender stalks, at the end of stems.
They have 6 petals, yellow to orange-red, spotted with
maroon or purple, which is what gave it the name leopard flower.
Fruit is a black berry. The name Blackberry Lily derives from the
clusters of shiny black seeds exposed when seed capsules split open.
Blackberry Lilies are native to China and Japan.
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