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Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Herbs, bulb pear-shaped or globose. Leaves few to several; lamina lanceolate-oblong, margins undulate, many-nerved. Inflorescence a raceme, densely many-flowered, pedicels short. Flowers purplish-red; perianth tubular, deciduous, limb 6-parted, lobes short. Fruit a capsule, dry membranous, obovate, sharply 3-angle-winged. Seeds black, 2 per locule. Worldwide: 2 species in South Africa (Cape Province). Zimbabwe: 0 cultivated taxa. |
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