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Albuca abyssinica

Albuca abyssinica
Photo: Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Public domain
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Trop. & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Pen.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Albuca abyssinica (syn. Albuca melleri), known in Tanzania by the common names koyosa and kitunguu pori, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to tropical regions in Africa. The flowers grow terminal racemes 20 – 30 cm long with the plant achieving heights between 60 and 100 cm. Its bulb has been used to treat inflammation and for dressing wounds.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Albuca abyssinica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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