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| Author:
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Herbert
1821 |
| Family: |
Amaryllidaceae |
| Habitat: |
Southern
Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix
or Grit |
| Water:
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Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
30
centimetres |
| Height: |
50
centimetres |
| Flower:
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Pink
to Red |
| Reproduction: |
Seeds |
| Pop names:
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Bushman
poison bulb, Candelabra flower, Cape poison bulb, Century
plant, Fan leaved boophane, Kaffir onion, Poison bulb, Red
posy, Sore eye flower, Veld fan, Windball, Fireball,
Oxkiller fan, Tumbleweed |
| Synonyms: |
Amaryllis
districha, Linné 1782 |
| Got
it from: |
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| Year: |
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Wild plants from
Aberdeen, Western Cape, South Africa.
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This member of the Amaryllidaceae
family was given this name by Herbert in 1821. It is found in Southern Africa,
growing in a well drained soil with some water. The bulb can grow to
30 centimetres, the leaves will reach 50 centimetres. The
flowers are pink to red, and seeds are the only way of reproducing
this plant.
Very POISONOUS:
Contains buphandrin, buphanine and crinamidine and eugenol. The bulbs have been
used as arrow poison by the Hottentots. |
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Photo by
Panos & Stavros.
Photo by
Panos & Stavros.
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