Belamcanda chinensis

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Belamcanda chinensis

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

Koord. 1898: Minah.: 313
HEYNE 1927: Nutt, Pl.: 461
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 579
BACK. 1924 – In: Handb. Fl. Java: 124
BLANCO 1877–1883: Fl. Filip., ed. 3: t. 376
OHWI 1965: Fl. Japan: 316
Bl. 1827: En. Pl. Jav.: 26
BACK. & BAKH.F. 1968 – In: Fl. Java: 149
BURK. 1935: Diet.: 315
STEEN. 1949: Fl. Sch. Indon.: 147
DC. 1916 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 260
C.B. ROB. 1911 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 196
HENDERS. 1954: Mal. Wild Fl. Monoc: 168: f. 98
QUIS. 1951: Med. Pl. Philip.: 181
GAGNEP. 1934 – In: Fl. Gen. I.-C.: 675
DC. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 220
FILET 1855: Pl. Bot. Tuin Weltevreden: 13
KER-GAWL. 1854 – In: Zoix. Syst. Verz.: 70
Merr. 1912: Fl. Manila: 152
Koord. 1911 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 312