| Author: | Constantine S.Rafinesque, 1836 |
| Family: |
AMARYLLIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola,
Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,
Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda,
Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
| Height: |
70
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Pink |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
Blood
Flower, Catherine Wheel, Poison Root, Fireball Lily, Torch
Lily, Bloedblom, Gifwortel |
| Synonyms: |
Haemanthus multiflorus, Martyn,
1795.
Haemanthus katharinae Baker.
Amaryllis multiflora, Tratt.
Nerissa multiflorus, Salisb.
Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae, Friis &
Nordal.
Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. longitubus, Friis
& Nordal. |
This member of the Amaryllidaceae
family was given
this name by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1836. It is
found in most of Africa, growing in a well drained sol with some water and some
sun. The bulb will grow to five centimetres in diameter, the leaves
up to 70 centimetres in length. The flowers are pink.
The genera name from
doxus meaning 'glory' or 'splendour', and -puniceus
meaning 'crimson', 'scarlet' or 'purple'.
The species name for the many flowers.
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