| Accepted name: |
Lilium lancifolium Thunb. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Lilium tigrinum Ker Gawl.
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| English names: |
Lance-leaved Lily
Tiger Lily
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| French names: |
Lis tigré
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLILLA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The starch-rich bulbs are used as vegetables, dried flowers as spice for soups. Also used as medicinal plant. It has sedative influence and is used for cough and tuberculosis(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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