Boophone disticha
Boophone disticha
Safety & Hazards
The bulb contains alkaloids and is very poisonous[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. Plants growing in some shade are said to be more potent than those growing in full sun[ 732 Title Medicinal Plants of South Africa Publication Author van Wyk B.; van Oudtshoorn B.; Gericke N. Publisher Briza Publications; Pretoria, S. Africa. Year 1997 ISBN 1-875093-09-5 Description An excellent guide, containing information on over 130 medicinal herbs of S. Africa. It gives a reasonable description of each plant, with excellent photos and details of medicinal uses and active ingredients. ]. The plants are known to be poisonous to cattle and sheep[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. The bulb has been used as an arrow poison[ 732 Title Medicinal Plants of South Africa Publication Author van Wyk B.; van Oudtshoorn B.; Gericke N. Publisher Briza Publications; Pretoria, S. Africa. Year 1997 ISBN 1-875093-09-5 Description An excellent guide, containing information on over 130 medicinal herbs of S. Africa. It gives a reasonable description of each plant, with excellent photos and details of medicinal uses and active ingredients. ]. The name sore-eye flower refers to the fact that if a person is exposed to the open flowers in a confined space; it may lead to sore eyes and even to a headache[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]
Botanical Description
Boophone disticha is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a large, semi-underground bulb that is up to 25cm in diameter. It produces strap-shaped leaves up to 50cm long and 4cm wide, the leaves being arranged in a very distinctive fan-shaped manner. The plant flowers annually whilst it is still leafless[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. , 732 Title Medicinal Plants of South Africa Publication Author van Wyk B.; van Oudtshoorn B.; Gericke N. Publisher Briza Publications; Pretoria, S. Africa. Year 1997 ISBN 1-875093-09-5 Description An excellent guide, containing information on over 130 medicinal herbs of S. Africa. It gives a reasonable description of each plant, with excellent photos and details of medicinal uses and active ingredients. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its interesting form and for the sweetly scented flowers that are produced at the beginning of the growing season[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].