A quick stumble around my favorite garden blogs reveals a slight undertone of the winter blues. Simultaneous determination of bufadienolides and phenolic. Urginea maritima extract caused vasoconstriction of isolated pulmonary artery of rabbit as shown in figure 1. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees. A taxonomic genus within the family asparagaceae most of whose former members are now included under drimia and other genera.
You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. Pdf in vitro regeneration of red squill urginea maritima. Cas poisoning may result from teas containing seeds of these plants and water and herbal products contaminated with plant cass chap. Sea squill is native to rocky outcroppings hillsides and slopes and sandy, coastal areas along the mediterranean ocean coast. Filler andor accent plant, rock gardens, containers. Urginea maritima is a species of flowering plant in the family asparagaceae, subfamily scilloideae formerly the family hyacinthaceae. Traditional medical uses of drimia species in terms of. Scilla maritima definition of scilla maritima by the. Chemical constituents of wild onion urginea indica kunth. Urginea indica bulbs is used in arthritis, rheumatism. The tall fleshy leaves grow out of the bulb in the winter see the 4th photo from the top but dry out in. This species is known by several common names, including squill, sea squill, sea onion, and maritime squill.
In autumn, the seasquill urginea maritima terminates the growth cycle of a stem that started its development and leaf activity at the beginning of last years winter. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 305015 with original publication details. As seen in commerce, the undried bulb is somewhat pearshaped, and generally about the size of a mans fist, but often larger, weighing from 12 lb. Baker liliaceae extract induces more cytotoxicity than standard chemotherapeutics in the a549 nonsmall cell lung cancer nsclc cell line turk j med sci, 41 1 2011, pp. Scilla maritima, urginea scilla, drimia maritima or urginea pancration has the common names red squill, sea squill, sea onion, ein sit, and ada sogani. Urginea marittima is an unmistakable species for it shape and aspect. Drimia maritima scilla maritima urginea maritima red.
Abstract the effects of high doses of extracts of urginea maritima bulbs which can be used as biopesticides were investigated with the allium test method. Scilla maritima synonyms, scilla maritima pronunciation, scilla maritima translation, english dictionary definition of scilla maritima. Trends in new crops and new uses landscape architecture. The plant was studied by efrayim and hanna hareubeni, who saw in the plant many natural phenomena and close cultural links with the entire middle east. Cardiovascular studies of white squill urginea maritima. Maritime squill has a large bulb, which grows near the surface and bears a rosette of broad, thick leaves in spring.
The bulbs flower particularly freely after a bush or grass fire. Is a new host of allexivirus group on onion and garlic plants in turkey h. Red squill and white squill varieties are distinguished by herbalists. Ars germplasm resources information network urma2 calphotos urma2. Some modern treatments include all of urginea in genus drimia. It is in leaf from october to july, in flower from september to october. The tall elegant white flower spikes appear in early autumn, flower spikes appear before the fleshy foliage, from large.
Urginea maritima charybdis maritima drimia maritima. There are no related plants for species urginea maritima. With a free trial of our online pdf converter, you can convert files to and from pdf for free, or sign up for one of our memberships for limitless access to our file converters full suite of tools. The squill urginea maritima, whose bulb yields a powder used as a rat poison and formerly used medicinally. Information and translations of urginea maritima in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. In the late summer for the high and characteristic inflorescence, in the other seasons for the aboveground bulbs and leaves. You also get unlimited file sizes as well as the ability to upload and convert several files to pdf at the same time. In early autumn, after the leaves have died down, the inflorescence emerges as a tall spikelike raceme of small, whitish flowers, opening in succession from the base. In the apg iv classification system, it is placed in the family asparagaceae, subfamily scilloideae formerly the family hyacinthaceae. Urginea maritima is the giant among all mediterranean geophytes it is a winter active perennial bulb. Drimia species, giant white squill, red sea squill, sea. Urginee maritime, urginea maritima, scilla martima ou urginea maritima nomme scille maritime, scille mortauxrats, squille, grand scille, charpentaire, oignon. Valentino vallicelli it is an unmistakable species for it shape and aspect. Scilla the classic name of the plant, is derived from a greek word meaning to exite or disturb.
This wonderfully unusual plant grows to about 6090 cm and produces masses of white, star shaped flowers on long flowering spikes. Urginea scilla, urginea indica, scilla indica plant description urginea indica kunth. Plant files begonia species begonia masoniana iron cross was a big. Drimia species, giant white squill, red sea squill, sea onion drimia maritima. Urginea maritima noun the noun urginea maritima has 1 sense 1. Pdf background and objective the white squill urginea maritima has been used as a medicinal plant through centuries over the world, believed to have. The maritima playa flamingos bar offers you a fantastic. This species will produce several broad, wavy edged greygreen leaves about 60cm long. Drimia maritima plant biodiversity of southwestern morocco. Urginea maritima sea squill, red squill pfaf plant database. Foliage grows from november on going dormant in summer and blooming in augustseptember. It may also be called red squill, particularly a form which produces redtinged flowers instead of white.
Think of this as a eucomis with a serious attitude. It may be placed in family hyacinthaceae with squills of genus scilla or included in. Best in full sun with super drainage and very little summer water. Baker named it urginea maritima, but it now retains scilla as its specific name. Drimia maritima flowers without bearing leaves at the end of summer hysteranthous geophyte. No essential difference exists in the medicinal properties of the two kinds. In late summer to early autumn, each bulb sends up a stout spike about 3090cm tall, bearing a large number of starry white flowers. When broadly circumscribed, the genus includes a number of other genera previously treated separately, including litanthus, rhodocodon, schizobasis and urginea one of the bestknown species is the sea squill, drimia. The sea squill urginea maritima or charybdis maritima or drimia maritima is a common autumn flower which despite its name is found all the way from sea level to mountain zones in phrygana, forests and olive groves. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3.
Pdf cardiovascular studies of white squill urginea. Coarse basal foliage erupts in fall from a massive bulb that prefers, like an amaryllis, to be partly or even mostly aboveground. Urginea maritima is a bulb growing to 1 m 3ft 3in by 0. Dry drimia maritima urginea maritima, at the north. Its very scarce in the uk and were sure this is the best price youll find for it. Stearn is an accepted name this name is the accepted name of a species in the genus drimia family asparagaceae. Urginea maritima is bulb also known as sea squill, this is a bulb that is a sun loving tall growing drought tolerant species that loves a mediterranean climate, sounds ideal for many ares of australia. The huge bulbs and fabulous flowers of the urginea maritima will make a real talking point in your garden. Stearn is used in the production of medicinal products.
Stearn liliaceae synonyms scilla, urginea, urginea maritima l. Whereas, the plant extract could reverse the vasodilator activity of isosorbide dinitrate. Huge bulbs up to 6 in diameter throw up 5 ft tall purplescaped inflorescences with pale white to lavender flowers. Stearn liliaceae synonyms scilla, urginea,urginea maritimal. Scilla maritima l, squilla maritima steinh, urginea. Baker, an important medicinal plant of mediterranean region, from single and double scale explants. Biosystematics studies on medicinal plant urginea indica. Urginea maritima can be grown in a cactus and succulent garden. Effects of white squill urginea maritima extract on isolated pulmonary artery of rabbit. It can be placed in a decorative pot and used as a winter focal point on a patio. It has magical potential to heal many human diseases with cardiatonic, anticarcinomic, anti jaundice, anti dropsy, anti asthmatic, anti epileptic, dermatological and diuretic properties.
The study reports an efficient in vitro micropropagation of red squill urginea maritima l. Scilla maritima was the name given by linnaeus, but this was changed to urginea an allusion to the algerian tribe ben urgin, near boma, where stein hill, in 1834 examined this plant, removing its from the genus scilla. The name red squill may be reserved for a variety of the plant which has redtinted flowers instead of the more common white. Foliage is frost hardy to the low 20s and bulbs survive in upper usda. Bar immerse yourself in a wild, natural design, surrounded by. The tall sometimes well over a meter flower sprouts from a large bulb. For years it didnt set any seed, then it did and i. The fresh bulb is slightly more active medicinally than the. Current hplc methods comprise tedious sample cleanup and have been merely focused on the analysis of cardiac glycosides, whereas a thorough characterization of d. Asparagaceae, the asparagus family what kind of plant is it.
I bought no plants this time, just circled the show tables over and over, sometimes because the show plant was. The bulb has been used mainly as a stimulant, expectorant and diuretic. Stearn the record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as a synonym record 290809 with original publication details. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 4. The bulbs of allium cepa were rooted in solutions including 8%, 10%, 12%, 14%, 16% and 100% vv u. As we hit january the days are slowly but surely getting brighter but like it or not, we still have a little more winter to go. Pdf present study was analyzed to determine the toxicological effects of urginea maritima at different concentrations 0.
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