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[[File:Drimia indica - open flowers.jpeg|thumb|right|''Kolakanda'', ''Drimia indica'']]
'''Kolakanda''' is a bulbous perennial plant with delicate maroonish pendant flowers that bloom from leafless bulbs during the summer. The strap shaped leaves appear in the rainy season. The bulb is eaten by locals. Kolakanda is found throughout India in stony or gravelly substrate.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Difficulty in micturition}}, {{Uses|Cardiac problems}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kaadu Kaadu bellulli, naayiulliNaayiulli, seeme Seeme nari eerulliadavi-irulli, bheemana Bheemana ulli|ml=kanthangaKanthanga, kattulliKattulli|sa=asmantakaAsmantaka, kolakandaKolakanda, krimighnaKrimighna, panjalaputakandaPanjalaputakanda, putaluPutalu, suputaSuputa, vanaVana-palandam|ta= ciruvenkayamCiruvenkayam, kaattu Kaattu vengayam, kakunarakavulliKakunarakavulli, kattuvengayamKattuvengayam|te=adavithellagaddaAdavithellagadda, kaazagaddaKaazagadda, nakkaNakka-vulli-gadda|hi=ban Ban piaz, jangli Jangli piaz, janglikandaJanglikanda|en=}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Rosette|Bulbous, scapigerous herbs; bulbs tunicated, 3.5-6 x 2.5-6.5 cm, globose-conical. Leaves radical with sheathing base, 13-25 x 0.6-2.5 cm, linear, lanceolate or lorate. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Scape|Purplish brown|6| Scapes 17-45 cm tall, erect, purpish brown, 4-15-flowered. Flowers 0.8-1.2 cm long, c. 1 cm across, reddish green or dull green, campanulate; pedicels 2-3.5 cm long, curved, drooping; bracts 1-2 mm, deltoid. Perianth 3+3, subequal, 0.8-1 x 0.3-0.4 cm, linear-oblong, subacute, reflexed, free to the base. Stamens 6; filaments c. 3 mm long, adnate to the base of the perianth segments; anthers 1.5-2 mm long, linear, yellow, base auricled. Ovary 3.5-5 x 2-3 mm, oblong or ovoid; style obconic to narrowly elongate; stigma trilobed. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|10-20 x 5-10 mm||brownish Brownish yellow|Seeds 4-10 in each cell, 4-7 x 3-4 mm, winged.}}
===Other features===
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File:Urginea indica-1-sitheri hill-dharmapuri-India.jpg
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/ "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
