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Crinum calamistratum is an aquatic bulbous plant from Cameroon with curly leaves and white showy flowers, grown mainly in freshwater aquascaping. Key to growing it is submerged or emersed conditions with bright light and stable warm water.
Crinum calamistratum is an aquatic angiosperm native to Cameroon. It is known by the common names of narrow crinum or African onion plant.
The species was first discovered by botanist H. Gregory from a population near Kumba, Cameroon in 1948, and was described by Josef Bogner and Hermann Heino Heine in 1987.
The species is commonly used as an ornamental plant in freshwater aquascaping. It is very tolerant of many water conditions including brackish water. It requires medium to high intensity light. It does not often reproduce sexually in captivity, but can be propagated asexually.
The natural habitat of the species is not well known. It is known to be locally distributed in an ephemeral river.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crinum calamistratum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
