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Amana edulis

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Wikipedia Abstract

Amana edulis (formerly Tulipa edulis) is a flowering bulb that is native to China, Japan, and Korea. Amana edulis is a bulb-forming perennial up to 25 cm tall. flowers are white, streaked with purlish-red. The bulbs are edible and some cases can be used medicinally.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Although no records of toxicity have been seen for this species, the bulbs and the flowers of at least one member of this genus have been known to cause dermatitis in sensitive people, though up to 5 bulbs a day of that species can be eaten without ill-effect;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Bulb
Height [1]  6 inches (0.15 m)
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Predators

Grus leucogeranus (Siberian Crane)[2]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0