Belamcanda chinensis
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Description
Leaves distichous, basal and cauline, broadly linear, 30-60 by 2-4 cm, glaucous.
Inflorescences in 6-12-flowered cymes, once or twice branched;
Ovary ellipsoid, c. 5 mm long;
Capsules obovate, 15-20 mm long;
Seeds shining black, 5 mm ø.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate: Hainan (Hainan); Taiwan (Taiwan), Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa); Maluku (Maluku); Philippines (Philippines); Sumatera (Sumatera), Banda, Ceram, Japan, Morotai, Pacific: Tonga (Tonga), S. Celebes, Southern America: Argentina Northeast (Formosa)
Native in China and Japan; in Malesia introduced and cultivated, locally naturalized (Sumatra, Java, S. Celebes, Philippines, Moluccas: Morotai, Banda, Ceram); cultivated and locally naturalized in many tropical and subtropical countries, e.g. Hainan, Taiwan (Formosa), Tonga, etc.
Uses
HEYNE and BURKILL (ll.cc.) mention usage for several minor medicinal purposes, the dried rhizome being used as a purgative and for complaints of the chest and liver, etc.
Citation
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat. p 579
QUIS. 1951: Med. Pl. Philip. p 181
Koord. 1898: Minah. p 313
OHWI 1965: Fl. Japan. p 316
HEYNE 1927: Nutt, Pl. p 461
KER-GAWL. 1854 – In: Zoix. Syst. Verz. p 70
BACK. & BAKH.F. 1968 – In: Fl. Java. p 149
DC. 1916 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 260
DC. 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 220
Bl. 1827: En. Pl. Jav. p 26
C.B. ROB. 1911 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 196
GAGNEP. 1934 – In: Fl. Gen. I.-C. p 675
Koord. 1911 – In: Exk. Fl. Java. p 312
BACK. 1924 – In: Handb. Fl. Java. p 124
HENDERS. 1954: Mal. Wild Fl. Monoc: 168. f. 98
Merr. 1912: Fl. Manila. p 152
STEEN. 1949: Fl. Sch. Indon. p 147
BLANCO 1877–1883: Fl. Filip., ed. 3. t. 376
FILET 1855: Pl. Bot. Tuin Weltevreden. p 13
BURK. 1935: Diet. p 315