Liliaceae FAMILY

Lilium brownii

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lilium brownii is a herbaceous perennial bulbiferous plant producing a leafy stem around 70 - 200cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and for use in cosmetics. It is often cultivated in eastern Asia for its edible bulbs and medicinal uses, and is also often grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its fragant flowers[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, Myanmar, Vietnam

HabitatSparse forests, thickets, grassy slopes, rocky hillsides along ravines or streams,wastelands around villages; at elevations from 100 - 2,200 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Loose fertile soil along woodland edges or in grass and thickets[ 147 Title A Barefoot Doctors Manual. Publication Author ? Publisher Running Press; Philadelphica. Year 1977 ISBN 0-914294-92-X Description A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods. ].