Schoenocaulon officinale A.Gray

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Melanthiaceae > Schoenocaulon

Characteristics

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

Environment

Brushy or grassy slopes, usually in pine or oak forest, mostly in rather dry and exposed places, sometimes on moist or wet slopes, chiefly at elevations of 500-2,000 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Homicide (unspecified), Pediculicide (unspecified), Emetic (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°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Schoenocaulon officinale habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Schoenocaulon officinale leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schoenocaulon officinale leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schoenocaulon officinale leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Schoenocaulon officinale flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schoenocaulon officinale flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Schoenocaulon officinale flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Schoenocaulon officinale fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Schoenocaulon officinale world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:540614-1
WFO ID wfo-0000735101
COL ID 79X5Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Asagraea sabadilla Helonias officinalis Sabadilla officinarum Sabadilla officinalis Skoinolon officinale Melanthium sabadilla Veratrum officinale Veratrum sabadilla Asagraea caracasana Asagraea officinalis Xerophyllum sabadilla Schoenocaulon officinale