Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Merwilla

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite plant. It grows 0.3-1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Aperient (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Merwilla plumbea unspecified picture

Distribution

Merwilla plumbea world distribution map, present in Lesotho, Mozambique, eSwatini, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003470-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689696
COL ID 6RB35
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Scilla kraussii Scilla natalensis Merwilla kraussii Merwilla natalensis Merwilla plumbea Scilla plumbea