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Echeandia paniculata

Rose

Crag-lily

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Description

A plant with an underground storage organ. The stems are 70 cm long. The leaves are narrow and in a ring at the base. They are 40-60 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowering stalks are long. The flowers are yellow.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the seasonally dry areas.

Where It Grows

Mexico,

Also Known As

Cebolla de cacalote

References (1)

  • Rangel-Landa, S., et al, 2017, Sociocultural and ecological factors influencing management of edible and non-edible plants: the case of Ixcatlan, Mexico. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 13:59

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