Trimezia martinicensis (Jacq.) Herb.

Martinique trimezia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Trimezia

Characteristics

Glabrous herb, 100-150 cm. Leaves basal to cauline, linear, 20-100 cm long and 8-12 mm wide. Inflorescences in 3-6-flowered cymes, solitary or binate; spathes 2-2½ cm long, 10-25 cm peduncled. Pedicels l½-3½ cm. Flowers yellow, brownish at the base. Outer tepals obovate, erect to patent, 19-25 mm long and 10-13 mm wide; inner tepals narrower, S-shape curved. Stamens 3-4 mm long. Ovary ellipsoidal; style-arms 5-7 mm long, shortly bilobed. Capsule ellipsoid, 13-20 mm long. Seeds brown, superficially ribbed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.2
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Environment

In sunny or slightly shaded localities, between grass, originally in Malaya at Kuala Lumpur, but now not uncommon in Malaya (HENDERSON), in West Java at Bogor on and around a native cemetery (BACKER), in both cases escaped from a Botanic Garden, below 250 m. Flowers expand in the forenoon and have withered by midday.
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Mostly in dense wet mixed forest at elevations from 200-1,600 metres in Guatemala. Damp grassy places, mostly on heavy soils, at elevations from 45-1,500 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal
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Therapeutic use Amenorrhea (unspecified), Oliguria (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Habit

Trimezia martinicensis habit picture by Mélanie Herteman (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Trimezia martinicensis leaf picture by Alberto Gómez ZUbiaur (cc-by-sa)
Trimezia martinicensis leaf picture by christiane Fazer (cc-by-sa)
Trimezia martinicensis leaf picture by christiane Fazer (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Trimezia martinicensis flower picture by Villalobos eliezer (cc-by-sa)
Trimezia martinicensis flower picture by Maria Rebeca (cc-by-sa)
Trimezia martinicensis flower picture by Tasha Tasha Amin (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Trimezia martinicensis world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Mauritius, Réunion, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:441642-1
WFO ID wfo-0000786766
COL ID 7CTD5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630837
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iris martinicensis Lansbergia meridensis Poarchon fluminensis Trimezia meridensis Trimezia lurida Trimezia caracasana Vieusseuxia martinicensis Xanthocromyon herbertii Cipura martinicensis Cipura semiaperta Ferraria lurida Lansbergia martinicensis Marica martinicensis Sisyrinchium fluminense Trimezia connata Trimezia galaxioides Trimezia bahiensis Lansbergia caracasana Marica semiaperta Remaclea funebris Trimezia semiaperta Tritonia riparia Sisyrinchium galaxioides Trimezia martinicensis