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Accession Data:

Xiphidium caeruleum Aubl.

  • Common Name: Palmita, Soskia
  • Family: Haemodoraceae

  • Country of Origin: S. Mexico to Trop. America
  • Habitat: Perennial to 2 feet tall

  • Description: To 2.5 feet; leaves to 20 inches long, 1.75 inches wide; panicle to 1 foot long, 5 inches wide, scurfy-puberulent; calyx and corolla of a flower (generally used when the two are similar).">perianth segments to 0.25 inches long.
  • Uses: Bayano Cuna use the plant as a cure for female problems.

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  • Culture: Regular to abundant water
  • USDA Zone: 9-11?

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500391
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1306 - NEOA: West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 11-22-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Commelinales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Haemodoraceae
  • SubFamily: Haemodoroideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
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2016
2015
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2013
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2003

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil Northeast / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 2 June 2015.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 2 June 2015.

data regenerated on Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:30:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Xiphidium caeruleum

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Current Accessions in the Haemodoraceae

Subfamily Conostyloideae
Tribe Conostylideae

  • Anigozanthos flavidus
  • Anigozanthos sp.

Subfamily Haemodoroideae

  • Dilatris pillansii
  • Wachendorfia thyrsiflora
  • Xiphidium caeruleum
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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