Author: |
William Herbert,
1821 |
Family: |
AMARYLLIDACEAE |
Origin: |
Angola,
Botswana, Burundi, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Soil: |
Mix
- Grit |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
30
Centimetres |
Height: |
50
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Pink
- Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Bushman
Poison Bulb, Candelabra Flower, Cape Poison Bulb, Century
Plant, Fan Leaved Boophane, Kaffir Onion, Poison Bulb, Red
Posy, Sore Eye Flower, Veld Fan, Windball, Fireball,
Oxkiller Fan, Tumbleweed |
Synonyms: |
Amaryllis
districha, Linné Jr, 1782.
Amaryllis toxicaria, D.Dietr.
Boophone intermedia, M.Roem.
Boophone longipedicellata, Pax.
Boophone toxicaria, Herb.
Brunsvigia ciliaris, Ker Gawl.
Brunsvigia disticha, Sweet
Brunsvigia rautanenii, Baker.
Brunsvigia toxicaria, Ker Gawl.
Haemanthus ciliaris, L.
Haemanthus distichus, L.f. ex Savage
Haemanthus robustus, Pax.
Haemanthus sinuatus, Schult. & Schult.f.
Haemanthus toxicarius, L.f. ex Aiton.
BUphane disticha
BoophAne disticha |
This member of the Amaryllidaceae
family was given this name by William Herbert in 1821. It is found in Southern
half of Africa,
growing in a well drained soil with some water. The bulb can grow to
30 centimetres, the leaves will reach 50 centimetres. The
flowers are pink to red, and seeds are the only way of reproducing
this plant.
The genera name from
from Greek; bouphonos; 'killing cattle'. The species name means
'having two rows, arranged in two rows' for the leaves.
Very POISONOUS:
Contains buphandrin, buphanine and crinamidine and eugenol. The bulbs have been
used as arrow-poison by the Sand People. |