Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb.

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Eleutherine bulbosa

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About 10 km from Inhambane town on the tar road to the EN 1 in the road reserve

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Synonyms: Eleutherine plicata (Sw.) Klatt
Eleuthrine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb.
Sisyrinchium bulbosum Mill.
Sisyrinchium palmifolium L.
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Status: Introduced, cultivated and possibly sometimes escaping
Description:
Bulbs ovoid, 3 cm or more in diameter, the tunics firm, red-brown. Basal leaves 1-2, linear-lanceolate, 15-40 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, plicate. Scape 10-30 cm high, not winged, usually bearing a single 6-12-flowered spathe, this subtended by a leaf similar to the basal ones. Spathes about 1.5 cm long, the flowers slender- pedicellate. Perianth white, 2-2.5 cm broad, the segments obovate, spreading. Capsule about 2 cm long.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: bulbosa: possessing bulbs; bulbous.
Habitat: Disturbed areas of former cultivation
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Worldwide distribution: West Indies, South America, naturalized in D.R. Congo, South Africa, RĂ©union, and Asia.
Mozambique distribution: GI
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Content last updated: Friday 9 January 2015
Literature:

Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1952). Flora of Guatemala Chicago Natural History Museum Pages 162 - 163.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Eleutherine bulbosa.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=218140, retrieved 19 March 2024

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