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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Species: Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC. Date: 2013-10-28 Location: Mt Magorogodo, Zomba Community, Chimanimani Conservation Area. Habitat: In shade at margin of forest and Brachystegia tamarindoides woodland.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia
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Flowers of this plant are not very attractive but its fruits are appealing. I heard about this poisonous plant for quite a while but not until this morning I found one by the hill side at the back of Mayfair Garden, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong. Fruit of this plant can be used to make rat poison.
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Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Queensland, Australia
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Cape Bruny, Tasmania, Australia
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Ukiuki, Hawaiian dianella*AsphodelaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Lnai, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Photo: Aiea Ridge Trail, Koolau Mts., OahuIt was a windy day on the ridge!Early Hawaiian used the leaves to braid into cordage and for hale (house) thatching.EtymologyThe generic name Dianella is from the Roman deity Diana (lit., divine), goddess of chastity, hunting, and the moon, and the Latin ella is diminutive or small.The species name sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770's. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages._____* Though apparently not fully recognized yet, there are at least three distinctive species of Dianella native to the Hawaiian Islands: Dianella lavarum, D. multipedicellata and D. sandwicensis.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/
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Fruit of Blue Flax Lily (Dianella caerulea) cultivated near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 1 March 2007.
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Kampung Belukar, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC. Xanthorrhoeaceae, also placed in Hemerocallidaceae, Liliaceae, Phormiaceae. CN: [Malay - Pandan bukit, Akar siak, Siak-siak, Siak-siak Jantan, Meroyan bungkus, Sutagit], Flax lily, New Zealand lilyplant, Umbrella-dracaena. Native of China, Japan,Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia ecozone. Weed, ornamental and folk medicines. Synonym(s):
Aloe barbadensis Mill.
Aloe humilis Blanco
Aloe indica Royle
Aloe perfoliata var.
vera L.
Aloe vulgaris Lam.Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?13801www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN...agromedia.mardi.gov.my/MEPIS/index.php/galeri-herba-2/98-...
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Species: Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC. Date: 2013-10-28 Location: Mt Magorogodo, Zomba Community, Chimanimani Conservation Area. Habitat: In shade at margin of forest and Brachystegia tamarindoides woodland.
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Pentland Hills, Victoria, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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[syn. Dianella sandwicensis]Ukiuki, Hawaiian dianella*AsphodelaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Photo: Oahu, (Cultivated)Early Hawaiian used the leaves were also braided into cordage and were used for hale (house) thatching.Juice extract used as pale to purple-blue dye when mixed with lime for kapa.The fruit was used for lei by early Hawaiians.Fruits are edible and taste like cactus or dragonfruit.EtymologyThe generic name Dianella is from the Roman deity Diana (lit., divine), goddess of chastity, hunting, and the moon, and the Latin ella is diminutive or small.The species name sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770's. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages._____* Though apparently not fully recognized yet, there are at least three distinctive species of Dianella native to the Hawaiian Islands: Dianella lavarum, D. multipedicellata and D. sandwicensis.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/
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Blue Mountains National Park west of Sydney, New South Wales. Woodford Range about 2 km south of park entrance gate at Glenbrook.Often seen as a taller plant with a longer, more branched inflorescence. The species is variable and a number of varieties have been recognised within it.
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Mom Che Puteh's Garden. Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC. Xanthorrhoeaceae, also placed in Hemerocallidaceae, Liliaceae, Phormiaceae. CN: [Malay - Siak-siak, Siak-siak jantan, Meroyan bungkus, Sutagit], Flax lily, New Zealand lilyplant, Umbrella-dracaena. Native of China, Japan,Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia ecozone. Weed, ornamental and folk medicines. Synonym(s):
Dianella nemorosa Lam.
Dracaena ensifolia L. Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?13801www.stuartxchange.com/SwordLeafDianella.htmlagromedia.mardi.gov.my/MEPISgaleri/details.php?image_id=1...memobird2.exblog.jp/13730822/
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Species: Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC. Date: 2013-10-28 Location: Mt Magorogodo, Zomba Community, Chimanimani Conservation Area. Habitat: In shade at margin of forest and Brachystegia tamarindoides woodland.