Amaryllidaceae FAMILY

Crinum latifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Crinum latifolium is a perennial plant growing up to 150cm tall. Growing from a bulb 8 - 15 cm in diameter, it produces 12 - 20 oblong-linear leaves 60 - 120cm long and 4 - 7cm wide[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It is grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its sweetly fragrant flowers[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

HabitatDry river beds and sandy soils[ 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. , 974 Title Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants Publication Author Ahmed Fayaz Publisher Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand Year 2011 ISBN 978-1-55407-489 Description A good photograph and terse but detailed information for over 3,000 species of tropical plants. An excellent reference. ].