Summary: Gloriosa Superba L.

Introduction
Gloriosa superba L.
Gloriosa superba L. have great importance in recent years for horticultural and medicinal purposes. It is commonly known as vachhnag, Kalihari. Glory lily belongs to family Liliaceae is a valuable tropical medicinal plant (Kapai et. al., 2010). It is a perennial, semi woody, tuberous climber, reaching approximately 5 meters in height (Hassan and Roy, 2005). Almost all parts of it find divert medicinal usage (Kapoor, 2001). It has been a well-known plant in Indian Ayurveda and pharmacological industries (Asolkar et. al., 1992). The tuber is used traditionally for the treatment of bruises and sprains, colic, chronic ulcers, haemorrhoids, cancer, and leprosy and also for inducing labour pains. It is also used in
Due to diverse medicinal applications it is over-exploited and facing local extinction. It has been affirmed as endangered plant by IUCN. Basically the plant is monocot having very low germination capacity, (0.001%), and life span is also very short just 2-3 months, conventional propagation is very limited and also slows since one tuber produce only one plant at a time, besides this plant is the richest source of colchicine, the high priced alkaloid along with gloriosin and colchicoside, which has very high demand in pharmacological companies from all over the world. Multiple usage in medicine and overexploitation for colchicine in industries and excessive use of plant material i.e. seeds and tubers for local purpose, susceptibility towards many pests, and excessive collection in habitats for medicinal purposes have pushed this plant to endanger (Rai, 2010).Therefore, its mass
Commonly known as Mal-kangani belongs to family Celastraceae is a climber used in Ayurvedic medicine in India (Sharma et. al., 2010). Seeds of this plant are the source of an Ayurvedic drug Jyothismati used in treating rheumatism, gout and neurological disorder. C. paniculatus is well known for its ability to improve memory (Nadkarni, 1976). Pharmacological studies suggest that the oil obtained from the seeds possess sedative and anticonvulsant properties (Gatinode et. al., 1957) and increased the intelligence quotient of mentally retarded children (Nalini et. al., 1986). The seed oil is useful for treating abdominal disorders, beriberi and sores. Leaf sap is an emmenaogue and antidote for opium poisoning (Warrier et al., 1994). Bark is reported to be abortifacient, depurative and a brain tonic and taken internally for snake bite (Govil, 1993). Root-bark extract also shows antimalarial activity (Rastogi and Mehrotra, 1998). The powdered root is considered useful for the treatment of cancerous tumors (Parotta, 2001). Chemical constituents of seeds as revealed by phytochemical analysis were sesquiterpene alkaloids like celapagine, celapanigine and celapanine (CSIR, 1992).The conventional method of propagation of this medicinally important plant is through seeds. Poor seed viability and germination (11.5℅) restricts the use of seeds in multiplication (Rekha et al., 2005). Indiscriminate over exploitation from natural source to meet the growing