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Eleutherine bulbosa
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About 10 km from Inhambane town on the tar road to the EN 1 in the road reserve
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| Synonyms: |
Eleutherine plicata (Sw.) Klatt Eleuthrine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb. Sisyrinchium bulbosum Mill. Sisyrinchium palmifolium L. |
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| Status: | Introduced, cultivated and possibly sometimes escaping |
| Description: |
Bulbs ovoid, 3 cm or more in diameter, the tunics firm, red-brown. Basal leaves 1-2, linear-lanceolate, 15-40 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, plicate. Scape 10-30 cm high, not winged, usually bearing a single 6-12-flowered spathe, this subtended by a leaf similar to the basal ones. Spathes about 1.5 cm long, the flowers slender- pedicellate. Perianth white, 2-2.5 cm broad, the segments obovate, spreading. Capsule about 2 cm long. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | bulbosa: possessing bulbs; bulbous. |
| Habitat: | Disturbed areas of former cultivation |
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| Worldwide distribution: | West Indies, South America, naturalized in D.R. Congo, South Africa, Réunion, and Asia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | GI |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 9 January 2015 |
| Literature: |
Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1952). Flora of Guatemala Chicago Natural History Museum Pages 162 - 163. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eleutherine bulbosaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eleutherine bulbosa
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eleutherine bulbosa
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