Amana edulis (formerly Tulipa edulis) is a flowering bulb that is native to China, Japan, and Korea.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Amana |
| Species: | A. edulis
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Amana edulis is a bulb-forming perennial up to 25 cm tall. The flowers are white, streaked with purplish-red.[2] The bulbs are edible and in some cases have been used medicinally.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Amana edulis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-06-11
- ^ a b Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 124 老鸦瓣 lao ya ban Tulipa edulis (Miquel) Baker
- ^ Honda, Masaji 1935. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 6: 20
- ^ "Amana edulis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Plants for a Future database
- ^ Tanaka, Tyozaburo (1976). Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing.
External links
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- "Tulipa edulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- Chinese Plant Names
- B. J. M. Zonneveld, The systematic value of nuclear genome size for "all" species of Tulipa L. (Liliaceae), Plant Systematics and Evolution Volume 281, Numbers 1-4 (2009), 217-245
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