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Cardiocrinum giganteum (Wall.) Makino

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Cardiocrinum

Characteristics

Bulbels 3.5--4 × 1.2--2 cm. Stem erect, green or dark green, 1--3 m × 3--5 cm, hollow. Leaves on proximal 1/2 of stem larger, those on distal 1/2 much smaller, sometimes bractlike; petiole 15--20 cm; leaf blade ovate-cordate, 15--20 × 12--15 cm. Raceme 10--16-flowered; bracts caducous. Tepals white or tinged with green, streaked with purple or purple-red adaxially, linear-oblanceolate, 12--15 × 1.5--2 cm, apex obtuse. Stamens 6.5--7.5 cm; filaments slightly widened toward base; anthers ca. 8 × 2 mm. Ovary 2.5--3 cm × 4--5 mm. Style 5--6 cm. Capsule subglobose, 3.5--4 cm in diam.; apex beaked. Seeds ovate-deltoid, 4--5 × 2--3 mm. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Sep--Oct.
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A lily herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has small bulbs 4 cm long by 2 cm wide. The stems are erect and green. They are 1-3 m tall and 3-5 cm wide. They are hollow. The leaves on the lower part of the stem are larger and the ones towards the end are smaller. The leaf stalks are 15-20 cm long. The leaves are oval or heart shaped and 15-20 cm long by 12-15 cm wide. There are 10-15 flowers on the stalk. They are white with a green tinge and purple streaks.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and on hillsides between 1,200-3,600 m above sea level in southern China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Woodland clearings at an altitude of 1,500-2,400 metres and as high as 3,600 metres around Simla.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses food medicinal
Edible bulbs
Therapeutic use Wound (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 90 - 730
Germination temperacture (C°) 14 - 16
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Cardiocrinum giganteum unspecified picture

Distribution

Cardiocrinum giganteum world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532549-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762955
COL ID R5CG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cardiocrinum giganteum Lilium giganteum Lilium cordifolium subsp. giganteum

Lower taxons

Cardiocrinum giganteum var. yunnanense Cardiocrinum giganteum var. giganteum
WorldFloraDB 2024