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Bowiea volubilis

About
Bowiea, commonly known as climbing-onion, is a genus of extremely poisonous, bulbous, perennial, succulent plants which thrive in dry and desert regions of eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Uganda to South Africa. It is native to a region stretching from Kenya to Cape Province. It is the 14th most commonly sold medicinal plant in South Africa, used to treat various health conditions. Due to massive harvesting, populations of this plant have been significantly reduced. Due to its unique appearance, it is sometimes cultivated as a houseplant.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Bowiea volubilis
- Slug
- bowiea-volubilis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Bowiea
- Species
- volubilis
- Wikidata QID
- Q140288
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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