Iridaceae FAMILY

Iris domestica

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is slightly toxic[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Iris domestica is a perennial plant growing from 50 - 150cm tall. It produces a clump of sword-shaped leaves from a short, creeping, stoloniferous rhizome[ 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 commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, usually harvested from the wild but sometimes also cultivated. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental, especially in the warm temperate zone and less frequently so in the tropics[ 302 Title Tropical Ornamentals; A Guide Publication Author Whistler. W. Arthur. Publisher Timber Press Inc. Oregon. Year 2000 ISBN 0-88192-448-2 Description An excellent little guide to some of the more commonly cultivated ornamental plants of the Tropics, often giving some information on the plants other uses. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Japan, Korea, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines

HabitatShrubberies and banks at the edge of cultivation in rich damp soils in the Himalayas[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. , 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. ].