Mellow Yellow Monday~ June 28, 2010~ Glorisa

 It's Mellow Yellow Monday again and time to share what's yellow in our lives!

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I have a few of these interesting flowering vines growing in my yard.

I have 2 colors - the yellow, which I'm showing today, and the red one- which is in the wikipedia info I have posted below.

They are beautiful flowers and new to me in recent years. I was surprised, reading some of the facts about this plant!

Whatever else they may be, they do produce beautiful flowers!

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Gloriosa (genus)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gloriosa Gloriosa superba Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots Order: Liliales Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Gloriosa L. Species See text.

Gloriosa superba Climbing lilly Gloriosa superba in Tamil Nadu, India

Gloriosa is a genus of five or six species in the plant family Colchicaceae, from tropical Africa and Asia. They are tender, tuberous rooted deciduous perennials, adapted to summer rainfall with a dormant dry season. Their native range is Africa, Southeastern Asia and parts of Malaysia, but they are now widely cultivated^[1]. All parts of the plant contain colchicine and related alkaloids and are therefore dangerously toxic if ingested, especially the tubers; contact with the stems and leaves can cause skin irritation.
Various preparations of the plant are used in traditional medicines for a variety of complaints in both Africa and India.


More info found here on Wikipedia



Junie