botanical record · discovered
Magic Lily
Lycoris squamigera
Magic Lily · Resurrection Lily · Magic-lily · Rausvoji šypsuolė · Resurrection lily · Surprise Lily · Surprise lily · lu cong · magic lily · magic-lily · pink ladies · resurrection lily · resurrection-lily · surprise lily · tempellilja
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, JP, TW, US
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Tumor, Emetic, Expectorant
Science studied: EPIGALANTHAMINE, HIPPEASTRINE, HOMOLYCORINE, LYCORENINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Liliaceae
Scientific name: Lycoris squamigera
Common names: Magic Lily, Resurrection Lily, Magic-lily, Rausvoji šypsuolė, Resurrection lily, Surprise Lily, Surprise lily, lu cong, magic lily, magic-lily, pink ladies, resurrection lily, resurrection-lily, surprise lily, tempellilja
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Elsewhere, JP, TW, US.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Tumor
- Emetic
- Expectorant
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Elsewhere
- JP
- TW
- US
Documented cultural uses
- Tumor
- Emetic
- Expectorant
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- EPIGALANTHAMINE
- HIPPEASTRINE
- HOMOLYCORINE
- LYCORENINE
- LYCORINE
- PLUVIINE
- PSEUDOLYCORINE
- SQUAMIGERINE
- VITTATINE
- GALANTHAMINE
- LYCORAMINE
- NORPLUVIINE
- TAZETTINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
show claim source mapping
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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