Accession Data

Crinum macowanii

Common Name: River Lily, Rivierlelie, Intelezi

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Country of Origin: southern and east Africa

Uses: Widely used in traditional medicine, internally and as a poultice. The plants contain toxic alkaloids.

Accession Data

Accession #: 202400066

Accession Date: 2024-07-28 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 6001

Quantity: 1

Source: Wayne Paquette, Quackin' Grass Nursery

Provenance:

Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, RSA. Plants from Wayne Paquette, Quackin' Grass Nursery, ex Ellen Hornig collection. April 8 2024. 

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Amaryllidaceae

SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae

Tribe: Amaryllideae

SubTribe: Crininae

References

    Alice Notten, 2013. PlantZAfrica article on Crinum macowanii. accessed July 28, 2024.

Images

Crinum macowanii