Eleutherine bulbosa

Botanical Description

Eleutherine bulbosa is a bulbous plant, producing a clump of grass-like leaves 15 - 75cm tall[ 915 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 78 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri. Year 1991 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal, it contains a revision of the genus Anthurium. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Eleutkerine bulbosa is an important element of the American Indian pharmacopeia and is one of few neotropical Iridaceae with known medicinal uses. It is often cultivated in gardens maintained by Indian tribes, and is also fairly widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental[ 915 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 78 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri. Year 1991 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal, it contains a revision of the genus Anthurium. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].