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African False Hosta

Drimiopsis maculata

Also called Leopard Plant, Little White Soldiers

African False Hosta
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Tanzania to S. Africa
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Drimiopsis maculata, also known by the common names little white soldiers, African false hosta, leopard's ears, African hosta, leopard plant, and Injoba is a flowering plant species in the genus Drimiopsis. It is the type species of its genus. It occurs from Tanzania to South Africa.

Scillascillin-type homoisoflavanones can be isolated from D. maculata.

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Drimiopsis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drimiopsis maculata 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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