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Urginea ensifolia

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Name

Identification
Urginea ensifolia (Thonn.) Hepper [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, 1965 Ornithogalum ensifolium Thonn. [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Ornithogalum ensifolium
  • Urginea ensifolia
Common name
  • àlbásàr kwadi (AST) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • white squill (Morton)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • taôs-nab-konyuudu (FdlP) (UPPER VOLTA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Urginea ensifolia hepper (Thonning) [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Urginea ensifolia hepper (Thonning) [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Kew Bull. 21: 497 (1968).
Ornithogalum ensifolium Thonning [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Schum., BeskrGuin Pl173 (1827)
Urginea glaucescens Engl. & K. Krause [family HYACINTHACEAE], in EnglBotJahrb45: 146 (1910); Milne-Redhead in Kew Bull3: 470 (1949); Morton, WAfrLilies & Orchfig2
Ornithogalum ndellense A. Chev. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1913), name only
Alcuba narcissifolia [family ], of ChevBot654 (Dahomey), not of AChev(1907) (Ubangi-Shari)
Urginea narcissifolia (A. Chev.) Hutch [family HYACINTHACEAE], in F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 348 (1936), partly
Anthericum articulatum Hutch [family ANTHERICACEAE], , in F.W.T.A., ed, 1, 2: 341 (1936), partly (127), English descronly.
Information
Inflorescence 1-2 ft. high, flowers white with a broad green median stripe on each tepal, leaves commencing growth at flowering time; in seasonally wet savanna and amongst rocks.
Habitat
; in seasonally wet savanna and amongst rocks.
Distribution
Ghana: Coastal areas Thonning! Achimota Irvine 1005!N. Nig.: Jira (May) Lely 127! Anara F.R., Zaria (May) Keay FHI 22930! Katagum Dalz. 236! Yola, (July) Dalz. 234! Abinsi (Apr.) Dalz. 856!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun
C. African Republic

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