Drimia altissima (L.F.) Ker Gawl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Drimia

Characteristics

Plants usually tall and robust, 35-200 cm., usually flowering before the leaves.. Leaves lanceolate, 20-50 cm. long, 2-7.5 cm. wide.. Scape erect, up to 1 cm. in diameter.. Inflorescence a ± dense raceme up to 80 cm. long with up to 700 flowers; bracts up to 14 mm. long, spurs up to 3 mm.; pedicels 8-30 mm. long, spreading.. Perianth-segments free or united up to 2 mm., 5-11 mm. long, white or greenish white with a green or purple abaxial band.. Filaments linear to slightly triangular, free or united with the perianth-segments, free part 4-7 mm.. Ovary ovoid, ± 2-5 mm; style ± as long as the ovary.. Capsule subglobose, sometimes with an emarginate apex, 8-15 mm. high, 9-15 mm. in diameter.. Seeds semicircular, 5-8 mm. long.
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A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves are in a small ring near the base. They are greyish-green. The flowers occur as about 100 on a long spike. They are white with a green midrib.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.06 - 1.75
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Found in savannah and forest clearings at elevations from sea level to 2,100 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in open woodland. It can grow in arid places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The bulb is eaten raw.
Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal poison social use
Edible fruits roots stems
Therapeutic use Medicine (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Habit

Drimia altissima habit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Drimia altissima habit picture by Susan Brown (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

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Drimia altissima leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Drimia altissima leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Flower

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Drimia altissima flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Drimia altissima flower picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

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Drimia altissima fruit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Drimia altissima fruit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Drimia altissima world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534485-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766064
COL ID 37P2M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Idothea altissima Idothea barteri Urginavia epigea Urginea altissima Urginea brevipes Urginea micrantha Urginea gigantea Urginavia altissima Ornithogalum giganteum Ornithogalum altissimum Scilla micrantha Urginea epigea Urginavia micrantha Drimia barteri Drimia paolii Drimia uitenhagensis Drimia altissima