Hypoxis polystachya

Botanical Description

Hypoxis polystachya is a robust, herbaceous perennial plant producing a cluster of up to 12 grass-like leaves from an underground corm-like tuber; it can grow around 40 - 100cm tall[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. , 1923 Title The genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae) in the East Tropical Africa: variability, distribution and conservation status Publication Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 14: 1-129, 2009 Author Wiland-Szymańska J. Website http://10.2478/v10119-009-0011-5 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is occasionally cultivated for medicinal use by traditional medicine men[ 1923 Title The genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae) in the East Tropical Africa: variability, distribution and conservation status Publication Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 14: 1-129, 2009 Author Wiland-Szymańska J. Website http://10.2478/v10119-009-0011-5 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2009)[ 1923 Title The genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae) in the East Tropical Africa: variability, distribution and conservation status Publication Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 14: 1-129, 2009 Author Wiland-Szymańska J. Website http://10.2478/v10119-009-0011-5 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ].