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*A herb up to 120 cm tall, bulb 6-20 cm in diameter, false stem up to 15 cm long; leaves .*Leaves 9-12, elliptical, 20-70 cm × 2.5-7.5 cm, mostly prostrate, margin long undulate, scabrous; umbel .*Umbel 6-15-flowered, scape 25-60 cm long, bracts 6-9 cm × 2-3 cm, purplish; flowers .*Flowers fragrant, corolla tube 10-14 cm long, more or less pendulous, lobes lanceolate, 8-13 cm × 2.5-3 cm, white with pink bands, stamens declinate, filaments 6-8 cm long, curved suddenly upwards at apex, white, anthers purplish, turning black, style 16-20 cm long; capsule .*Capsule subglobose, 2-5 cm in diameter, beaked, pericarp leathery, purplish, turning yellow.  ''C. zeylanicum'' occurs in slightly moist sites in savanna, and along the sandy sea-coast, in Java up to 1100 m altitude. In Sri Lanka flowering from August to February.

*[74] Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1964—1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol. 1 (1964) 647 pp., Vol. 2 (1965) 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968) 761 pp.*[134] Burkill, H.M., 1985—2000. The useful plants of West tropical Africa. 2nd Edition. 5 volumes. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Vol. 1 (1985), Families A—D, 960 pp.; Vol. 2 (1994), Families E—I, 636 pp.; Vol. 3 (1995), Families J—L, 857 pp.; Vol. 4 (1997), Families M—R, 969 pp; Vol. 5 (2000), Families S—Z, 686 pp.*[194] Chifundera, K., Baluku, B. & Mashimango, B., 1993. Phytochemical screening and molluscicidal potency of some Zairean medicinal plants. Pharmacological Research 28(4): 333—340.*[786] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp. == Main genus page ==*[[Crinum (PROSEA)|''Crinum'']]

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