Asphodelus tenuifolius

• Botanical Name : Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.
• Synonyms : Asphodelus clavatus Roxb.
• Common Name : Dungaro
• Plant Family : Liliaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Asphodelus tenuifolius Plant :

• Habit : A small annual herb with fibrous roots.
• Leaves :
  • Terete, fistulous, acute, sheathing at the base, finely puberulous.
  • Scapes several from the root, smooth or puberulous, much branched in the upper part.
• Flowers :
  • White, distant laxly Racemose, solitary in each bract.
  • Filaments slightly fusiform towards the top.
  • Stigma small, sub-capitate, minutely 3-lobed.
• Fruit :
  • Capsule globose, erect, the valves deeply wrinkled.
  • Seeds sharply trigonous, acute, black.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : January - March
• Significance : Seeds are considered to be diuretic.