Common name: Palmita, Soskia
Family: Haemodoraceae
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Country of Origin: S. Mexico to Trop. America
Description: To 2.5 feet; leaves to 20 inches long, 1.75 inches wide; panicle to 1 foot long, 5 inches wide, scurfy-puberulent; perianth segments to 0.25 inches long.
Uses: Bayano Cuna use the plant as a cure for female problems.
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USDA Zone: 9-11?
Source: Unknown
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Culture:
Regular to abundant water
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Commelinales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Haemodoraceae
- SubFamily: Haemodoroideae
- Tribe:
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References:
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 2 June 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 2 June 2015.
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