Hypoxis aurea Lour.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Hypoxidaceae > Hypoxis

Characteristics

Plant hairy; rootstock globose to elongate. Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, acuminate, 8-25 cm long and 1-4 mm wide. Inflorescences 4-8 cm long, shorter than the leaves, 1-to few-flower-ed; bracts linear; pedicels 1.5-4 mm long. Flowers: tepals 5-6 mm long and about 1.5 mm wide. Capsules about 7 mm long.
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A small plant. The rhizomes are round or cylinder shaped. There are 4-12 leaves. They are narrow and 7-30 cm long by 2-6 mm wide. The flowering stems are 3-10 cm long. They are slender with 1 or 2 flowers. The fruit is a capsule 6-12 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.25
Root system adventitious-root rhizome
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in limestone areas. It grows on moist grassy slopes from near sea level to 2,600 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Forest margins, moist grassy slopes; at elevations from near sea level to 2,600 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Emaciation (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Cachexia (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Impotency (unspecified), Lassitude (unspecified), Reconstructive (unspecified), Rejuvenation (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Ear (unspecified), Restoration (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Hypoxis aurea world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Uruguay, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65352-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668239
COL ID 3NZZT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Curculigo graminifolia Hypoxis frankquevillei Hypoxis minor Hypoxis aurea