BOOPHONE DISTICHA
Author:
William Herbert, 1821
Family:
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2578 (1825)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
30 Centimetres
Height:
50 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Amaryllis districha, Linné Jr, 1782.
Amaryllis toxicaria, D.Dietr.
Boophone intermedia, M.Roem.
Boophone longipedicellata, Pax.
Boophone toxicaria, Herb.
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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. B U phane disticha
Booph A ne 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.
Flower
Pink - Red
Soil
Mix - Grit
Water
Medium
Sun
Maximum
