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<big>''[[Bulbine abyssinica]]'' A.Rich.</big>

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:Protologue: Tent. fl. abyss. 2: 334 (1851).

:Family: Asphodelaceae

== Origin and geographic distribution ==

''Bulbine'' comprises about 60 species, most of them restricted to southern Africa. ''Bulbine asphodeloides'' (L.) Willd., native of Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland, has often been confused with ''Bulbine abyssinica'' and as their ranges overlap it is not always clear to which of the 2 species a medicinal use should be attributed. Leaf sap of ''Bulbine asphodeloides'' is applied to promote wound healing. A decoction of the rhizomes is drunk to cure scrophula, venereal diseases and diarrhoea. In southern Africa ''Bulbine abyssinica'' flowers in early summer.

== Ecology ==

''Bulbine abyssinica'' occurs in small colonies in dry bushland or grassland, often on shallow soil over rock at 600–2750 m altitude.

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