SCADOXUS MULTIFLORUS
Author:
Constantine S.Rafinesque, 1836
Family:
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Fl. Tellur. 4: 19 (1838)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5 Centimetres
Height:
70 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Haemanthus multiflorus, Martyn, 1795.
Haemanthus katharinae Baker.
Amaryllis multiflora, Tratt.
Nerissa multiflorus, Salisb.
Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae, Friis & Nordal.
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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. Barbara Jeppe's drawing. Barbara Jeppe's drawing of S. m. katharinae.
Flower
Pink
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
