Genus Boophone
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Gk. bous = ox; phonos = murder, slaughter; referring to the bulb sap which is poisonous, quite capable of killing oxen; hence one of the common names is ‘Oxbane’. Boopis means ‘ox-eyed’, a result of induced hallucinations from Boophone disticha, a traditional Zulu medicine.
One of the four spellings given to this genus by William Herbert in the early 1800s (alternate spellings are Boophane, Buphane, and Buphone).
Observations of Taxon
Boophone

Boophone haemanthoides

Boophone haemanthoides

Boophone disticha

Boophone disticha
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