Accession Data

Eucharis candida

Common Name: cebolleta

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Country of Origin: Ecuador, occasional in north Peru & se Colombia

Description: Full description available on page 172 of Syst ematics of the Amazon Lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae) (JSTOR archive - subscription required)

Uses: Used by the Jivaro indians of Peru for treating facial blemishes and acne. Indian women of the Pastaza valley in Ecuador reportedly collect the plants in flower for undisclosed reasons.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession #: 198500268

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1315

Quantity: 1

Culture: warm temps, no dormant period resent root disturbance prone to mealybug & two spotted mite.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Amaryllidaceae

SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae

Tribe: Eucharideae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 13 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 13 February 2015.
  3. Systematics of the Amazon Lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae), by Alan W. Meerow Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden © 1989 Missouri Botanical Garden Press (JSTOR archive - subscription required)
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

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