Drimia sanguinea (Schinz) Jessop

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Drimia

Characteristics

A bulb plant. The bulbs are large and red. It is 5-7 cm wide. It has tightly packed scales. There are 3-5 erect leaves. They are 25-35 cm tall and 4-10 mm wide. The flowering shoots are 20-45 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 0.05 - 0.07
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.9
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal poison social use vertebrate poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Abortifacient (unspecified), Circulation (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Drimia sanguinea unspecified picture

Distribution

Drimia sanguinea world distribution map, present in Botswana, Cabo Verde, and Namibia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534563-1
WFO ID wfo-0000766187
COL ID 37P6N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sekanama burkei Urginea burkei Urginea sanguinea Drimia sanguinea Sekanama sanguinea Urginea rautanenii