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Hymenocallis caribaea Herb.

Caribbean spiderlily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Hymenocallis

Characteristics

Bulb to 10 cm diam. Leaves several, spreading, broadly linear, acute, usually 30-60 cm long, 5-8 cm wide. Flowers usually 6-12 per head, sessile; scape stout, angled, usually shorter than leaves; spathe valves lanceolate-triangular, 3-8 cm long. Perianth tube 5-10 cm long; lobes linear, spreading to recurved, 7-11 cm long. Corona obconical, 2-3 cm deep; filaments to 5 cm long; anthers linear, 1-1.5 cm long. Ovary ovoid-globose, 1-1.5 cm long; style almost equal to perianth lobes.
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Flowers fragrant; perigone greenish; false corona 2-3 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.21 - 0.32
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Testicle (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Tumor(Testicle) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Fruit

Hymenocallis caribaea fruit picture by claire Felloni (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hymenocallis caribaea world distribution map, present in Australia, Bermuda, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, and Suriname

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65212-1
WFO ID wfo-0000666527
COL ID 3NJ5T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 631061
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hymenocallis angusta Hymenocallis declinata Hymenocallis obtusata Hymenocallis obtusata Pancratium angustum Pancratium declinatum Pancratium obtusatum Hymenocallis cinerascens Hymenocallis formosa Hymenocallis sloanei Nemepiodon caribeus Pancratium caribaeum Pancratium excisum Pancratium recurvum Hymenocallis sessilis Pancratium amoenum Pancratium fragrans Pancratium patens Troxistemon fragrans Hymenocallis caribaea var. cinerascens Hymenocallis caribaea var. patens Hymenocallis speciosa var. fragrans Hymenocallis caribaea f. angustifolia Hymenocallis patens Hymenocallis caribaea
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