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.Mao, A.A. & Bhaumik, M. (2007). Notes on ''Lilium davidii'' Duchartre - a rare beautiful lily from Manipur, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31: 436-438. ''Lilium davidii'' grows up to 1.5m high, and bears up to about 20 unscented flowers with recurved tepals (bent backwards), orange or reddish orange, from July to August. The plant is cultivated for its edible bulb. It is a stem-rooting lily (adventitious roots emerging above the bulb) that also forms bulbils. The species is named for French missionary and naturalist Armand David (1826-1900).

References

*Patrick M. Synge: Collins Guide to Bulbs. 1961. *European Garden Flora; vol. 1, 1986.
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