Family: Liliaceae
Synonyms: Cardiocrinum giganteum var. giganteum, Lilium cordifolium subsp. giganteum Baker, Lilium giganteum Wall.
Common name: Giant Lily
Chinese: 大百合
Finnish: Himalajanjättililja
Russian: lilija gigantskaja, лилия гигантская
Description: Bulbels 3.5-4 cm long, 1.2-2 cm wide. Stem erect, green, 1.5-3 m tall, 3-5 cm broad, hollow. Leaves on proximal 1/2 of stem larger, those on distal 1/2 much smaller, sometimes bractlike; petiole 15-20 cm; leaf blade ovate-cordate, 15-20 cm long, 12-15 cm wide. Raceme 10-16-flowered; bracts caducous. Tepals white or tinged with green, streaked with purple adaxially, greenish abaxially, linear-oblanceolate, 12-15 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, apex obtuse. Stamens 6.5-7.5 cm; filaments slightly widened toward base; anthers ca. 8 mm long, 2 mm wide. Ovary 2.5-3 cm long, 4-5 mm wide. Style 5-6 cm. Capsule subglobose, 3.5-4 cm in diameter; apex beaked. Seeds ovate-deltoid, 4-5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide.
Uses: Bulbs diuretic, tonic, for cough, fever, injuries. Leaves applied to wounds and bruises, fresh leaves pounded and used as a cooling poultice. Root paste applied to treat dislocated bones. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants)
Uses: Bulbs diuretic, tonic, for cough, fever, injuries. Leaves applied to wounds and bruises, fresh leaves pounded and used as a cooling poultice. Root paste applied to treat dislocated bones. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants)
22 Published articles of Cardiocrinum giganteum
