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Pancratium maximum

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Safety
Toxic
Native range
NE. Sudan, SW. Arabian Pen.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Pancratium maximum is a perennial glabrous herb that grows up to 30 cm tall arising from a bulb. It is endemic to south western Arabia.

Where it grows

Pancratium maximum flowers during the monsoon rains. It grows throughout the areas in Dhofar affected by the monsoon and can be seen in a variety of different environments including coastal plains, wooded mountain slopes, grasslands and high plateaus at the back of mountains.

Uses

Pancratium maximum is completely useless as fodder for livestock. The bulb and the leaves are toxic to all livestock.

Other Pancratium plants

Canary Sea Daffodil · Stinking Daffodil · Illyrian Star Lily · Sea-daffodil · Pancratium parvum · Desert Pancratium · Javanese Lily · Pancratium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pancratium maximum 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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