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Eleutherine bulbosa
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Eleutherine bulbosa

Eleutherine bulbosa

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

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Growth—

Grows best in full sun. The plant has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in the Philippines and Indochina, and is cultivated in Kwazulu, South Africa, where it is also used medicinally[1].

Propagation

Seed - usually a sexually sterile plant, it does not often form seed[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eleutherine+bulbosa>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 78 — Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri. · 1991 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0026-6493 ↩︎A botanical journal, it contains a revision of the genus Anthurium. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Medicinal Plants in Vietnam — Nguyen Van Dan & Doan Thi Nhu · World Health Organisation · 1989 · ISBN 92 9061 101 4 ↩︎An excellent book, giving information on over 200 plants, their medicinal compounds and applications.
  3. [3]Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. — Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. · Field Museum of Natural History; USA. · 1984 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0015 - 0746 ↩︎Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]Medicinal Plants of the Guianas — DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. · Smithsonian Museum · http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html ↩︎A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region
  5. [5]Plants of Haiti used as Antifertility Agents — Weniger B. et al · 1982 · ISBN 0378-8741 ↩︎