Blood lily: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Blood lily in English is the name of a plant defined with Haemanthus albiflos in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Diacles pubescens (Herb.) Salisb., nom. inval. (among others).
2) Blood lily is also identified with Scadoxus multiflorus It has the synonym Amaryllis multiflora (Martyn) Tratt. (etc.).
3) Blood lily is also identified with Scadoxus puniceus It has the synonym Haemanthus fax-imperii Cufod. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1980)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1901)
· Norwegian Journal of Botany (1974)
· Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (1896)
· Norwegian Journal of Botany (1976)
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Ends with: African blood lily.
Full-text: African blood lily.
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