Gloriosa simplex L.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Colchicaceae > Gloriosa

Characteristics

Typically with smaller flower than the last species (Gloriosa superba), although large flowered plants do occur.
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Erect or climbing
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Mainly in savanna
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 11-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Homicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions, seedlings or tubers.
Mode divisions seedlings tubers
Germination duration (days) 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Gloriosa simplex world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Congo, Cabo Verde, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535948-1
WFO ID wfo-0000769243
COL ID 3GD8Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 633766
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Synonyms

Gloriosa simplex Gloriosa speciosa Clinostylis speciosa Methonica abyssinica Gloriosa abyssinica Gloriosa grandiflora (hook.) o'brien Gloriosa leopoldii Methonica virescens Gloriosa plantii Methonica leopoldii Gloriosa caerulea