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Genus: Boophone [=Boophane]
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Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Amaryllidaceae
Two species, both found in southern Africa but
with one widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.
Species indigenous in southern Africa
Boophone haemanthoides
Kwaslelie, Gifbol [Afrikaans] See
Nieuwoudtville wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 56;
West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 46. |
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Boophone disticha
(Fan-leaved Boophone, Poison
Bulb, Sore-eye Flower, Tumblehead)
Gifbol, Perdespook, Seerooglelie [Afrikaans]; kxutsana-ya-naha, leshoma,
lesoma, motlatsisa [South Sotho]; incumbe, siphahluka [Swazi]; incotho,
incwadi [Xhosa, Zulu]; ibhade [Zulu]
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