Arisaema utile

Arisaema utile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Genus:	Arisaema
Species:	A. utile
Binomial name
	Arisaema utile; Hook.f. ex Schott

The muktaphala or muktā-phala^[1] is a plant, also known as the cobra lily,^[2] of the genus Arisaema.^[3] It is also known as the 'liberating fruit' and the 'pearl fruit.^[4]

References

^ so spelled in the Encyclopaedia Indica, p. 132)
^ Described (with a photograph of its fruit) on p. 164 of Christian Rätsch et al. : Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas. Rochester (VT), 2002.
^ Arisaema utile (Sikkim cobra lily)
^ Figuratively, a 'pearl', though this latter is also spelled /mukta-hala/-- Linda Beth Hess : The Bijak of Kabir. Oxford U Pr, 2002. p. 179, n. 34.2

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[1] so spelled in the Encyclopaedia Indica, p. 132)

[2] Described (with a photograph of its fruit) on p. 164 of Christian Rätsch et al. : Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas. Rochester (VT), 2002.

[3] Arisaema utile (Sikkim cobra lily)

[4] Figuratively, a 'pearl', though this latter is also spelled /mukta-hala/-- Linda Beth Hess : The Bijak of Kabir. Oxford U Pr, 2002. p. 179, n. 34.2

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