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Urginea altissima (Linn.f.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE]

Date Updated: 30 April 2005

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Urginea altissima (Linn.f.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Common names
English squill; tall squill (Morton). SENEGAL: BASARI étamb (JB) MANDING-MANDINKA bahõ (JB) barhõ (JB) MANKANYA bu nkõto (JB) NON pondut (JB) MALI: DOGON nч̀nyõ (CG) NIGERIA: BOLE zándar (AST) HAUSA àlbásàr gizo (AST) IGBO (Udi) oloda
Uses
(bulb scales) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections Medicines: pulmonary troubles Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout Phytochemistry: glycosides, saponims, steroids Phytochemistry: miscellaneously poisonous or repellent Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: fodder Agri-horticulture: veterinary medicine Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
english: Tall squillenglish: Squillenglish: Squill, Tall
Description
A bulbous herbaceous plant with inflorescence up to 2 m high bearing numerous green coloured flowers and appearing before the leaves which do not come till after seed-fall, and arising from a subglobose bulb 8–12 cm in diameter; of savanna and forest clea
References
References:1. Adam, 1966. a: 519. 2. Bouquet, 1969: 147. 3. Gillett 12632, K. 4. Gillett 14090, K. 5. Irvine 3623. K. 6. Morton, 1961: 6–7. 7. Oliver, B. 1960: 10, 89. 8. Oliver-Bever, 1982: 25–26. 9. Tanner 1086, K. 10. Thornewill 91, K. 11. Watt & Breye
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Date Updated: 30 April 2005

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Urginea altissima (Linn.f.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Common names
English squill; tall squill (Morton). SENEGAL: BASARI étamb(JB) MANDING-MANDINKA bahõ (JB) barhõ (JB) MANKANYA bu nkõto(JB) NON pondut (JB) MALI: DOGON nч̀nyõ (CG) NIGERIA: BOLE zándar(AST) HAUSA àlbásàr gizo (AST) IGBO (Udi) oloda
Uses
(bulb scales) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections Medicines: pulmonary troubles Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout Phytochemistry: glycosides, saponims, steroids Phytochemistry: miscellaneously poisonous or repellent Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: fodder Agri-horticulture: veterinary medicine Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
english: Tall squillenglish: Squillenglish: Squill, Tall
Description
A bulbous herbaceous plant withinflorescence up to 2 m high bearing numerous green colouredflowers and appearing before the leaves which do not come tillafter seed-fall, and arising from a subglobose bulb 8–12 cmin diameter; of savanna and forest clea
References
References:1. Adam, 1966. a: 519. 2. Bouquet, 1969: 147.3. Gillett 12632, K. 4. Gillett 14090, K. 5. Irvine 3623. K. 6.Morton, 1961: 6–7. 7. Oliver, B. 1960: 10, 89. 8.Oliver-Bever, 1982: 25–26. 9. Tanner 1086, K. 10. Thornewill91, K. 11. Watt & Breye
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Urginea altissima (Linn.f.) Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE]
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