Liliaceae FAMILY

Lilium wallichianum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lilium wallichianum is a herbaceous perennial bulbiferous plant producing a leafy stem around 180cm tall The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its fragrant flowers.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - India - Himalayas of northern India, Nepal and Bhutan; also in southern India (Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu)

HabitatOpen slopes and grassland; at elevations from 1,200 - 2,000 metres[ 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. ]. Moist shady places; at elevations from 1,100 - 2000 metres in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].