Trees & Plants

Spider lily

Kurikihaaffilaa

Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.)

Occasional in natural habitats and in homesteads The plant, grown as an ornamental, possesses antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-tumor, anticancer and antineoplastic properties. The bulb is used for wound healing. The roots boiled in water are used against hydrocoele. 2, 6, 6, by

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uses: The plant, grown as an ornamental, possesses antioxidant, cytotoxic, anti-tumor, anticancer and antineoplastic properties. The bulb is used for wound healing. The roots boiled in water are used against hydrocoele. 2, 6, 6, by
family: Amaryllidaceae
synonym: Pancratium littorale Jacq.
description: Bulbous herbs, bulbs to 8 cm Th across, globose. Leaves radical, 2-ranked, × oblong, to 100 5 cm, sessile, acute. Scape to 60 cm; umbels ca. 8-flowered; spathes 2, equal, 6 cm. Perianth tube 12 cm; lobes 6, × linear, 12 0.3 cm, white, erect. Stamens 6, inserted in the throat, basally connected by a membrane, 3 cm; free part of filaments 6 cm. Ovary inferior, 3-celled; ovules 4-5 per cell, sub-basal; style longer than stamens.
native range: Coastal regions of Southern Mexico and Central America
distribution: Asia-Pacific region, the USA, Caribbean Islands and the UK Salisb.
english names: Spider lily · Beach lily
flowering fruiting: Th roughout the year
occurrence maldives: Occasional in natural habitats and in homesteads