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Scilla edulis

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Name

Identification
Scilla edulis Engl. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown, Scilla minima Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Unknown,
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  • Scilla minima
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Flora

Entry for SCILLA edulis Engl. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
SCILLA edulis Engl. [family HYACINTHACEAE], Jahrb. xv. 475.
Information
Bulb globose, 1/2– 3/4 in. diam. Leaves 4–6, erect, sessile, linear, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 1/12– 1/8 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and base. Peduncle very slender, 2–3 in. long. Raceme moderately dense, oblong, cylindrical, 1 1/2–2 in. long; lower pedicels 1/12– 1/8 in. long; bracts minute. Perianth campanulate, mauve-purple, 1/8 in. long; segments linear-oblong. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; filaments mauve-purple.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, ser. iii., 159!Uganda Nile Land in grassy places on the shore of Lake Nyasa, Wilson, 31!

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