Gloriosa superba L. is an important medicinal plant belongs to the family Colchicaceae and placed in moncots. It is one of the important medicinal plant now in endangered list. It is a semi woody herbaceous climber reaching just about 5mts in height: stem annual, glabrous and sparsely branched; tuber perennial, horizontal, abruptly bent in a V or L shape, roots fibrous. Colchicine one of alkaloid extracted from tubers and seeds. Colchicine which is useful in to stop the mitotic division, with this we can convert the diploid plants into tetraploid plants and by crossing tetraploid plants with...
Gloriosa superba L. is an important medicinal plant belongs to the family Colchicaceae and placed in moncots. It is one of the important medicinal pla...