Crinum zeylanicum (L.) L.

This species is native to Seychelles, SW India and Sri Lanka; introduced to several warm regions. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 2 species of Crinum found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Bulbous geophyte with bulbs up to 10 cm in diameter . Stems erect to spreading , slender . Leaves 30 x 2 . 5–5 cm , spreading to erect , narrowly lanceolate , wavy margins , mostly with intact apices , not glaucous , with distinct midrib . Inflorescences sessile , in umbels , 4–6-flowered ; scape 25–65 cm long , contemporary with the leaves ; bracts greenish , tinged with red , persistent and erect . Flowers sessile , white ; perianth white with pink to purplish median region , with a long tube and oblong-elliptic lobes ; filaments white tinged red , shorter than the perianth segments ; anthers dark , 8–10 mm long , curved ; style tinged red distally . Fruit capsule , greenish tinged red , with thick pericarp , subglobose without or with a very short apical beak . Seeds light green , not particularly smooth , closely stacked and irregularly compressed . (Ref . https://plants . jstor . org) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Amaryllis zeylanica L.
Crinum latifolium var. zeylanicum (L.) Hook.f
Crinum ornatum var. zeylanicum (L.) Herb.
Taenais zeylanica (L.) Salisb.

الإكثار


No Data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Beautiful Crinum
Milk-and-wine Lily
Ceylon Swamplily

الأسماء المحلية


الاستخدامات


As a treatment for diabetic. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

المراجع


Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. https://plants.jstor.org https://en.wikipedia.org http://pza.sanbi.org https://www.merriam-webster.com

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