Eleutherine bulbosa Urb.

Lagrimas de la virgen (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Eleutherine

Characteristics

A bulb plant. It is a herb that keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows between 500-2,000 m above sea level.
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Widely cultivated, the original habitat is not known.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The bulbs are boiled and eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs
Therapeutic use Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Gynecology (unspecified), Hematochezia (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Proctitis (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Menopause (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Eleutherine bulbosa flower picture by Alex Greene (cc-by-sa)
Eleutherine bulbosa flower picture by Vietnam Gardener (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Eleutherine bulbosa world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Réunion, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:89940-2
WFO ID wfo-0000789372
COL ID 398VB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629615
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Sisyrinchium elatum Sisyrinchium plicatum Sisyrinchium palmifolium Bermudiana congesta Cipura plicata Galatea vespertina Eleutherine anomala Eleutherine longifolia Eleutherine subaphylla Ferraria parviflora Marica plicata Sisyrinchium congestum Sisyrinchium bulbosum Eleutherine americana Sisyrinchium racemosum Antholyza meriana Bermudiana bulbosa Galatea plicata Eleutherine plicata Sisyrinchium americanum Sisyrinchium racemosum Eleutherine plicata Ixia americana Moraea plicata Galatea americana Galatea bulbosa Sisyrinchium palmifolium var. congestum Sisyrinchium capitatum Sisyrinchium latifolium Eleutherine bulbosa

Lower taxons

Sisyrinchium palmifolium subsp. palmifolium