Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb.

English: Beach Spiderlily

Kingdom: Plantae (2603)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2500)

    Class: Liliopsida (387)

      Order: Liliales (118)

        Family: Liliaceae (38)(family description)

          Genus: Hymenocallis (2)

            Epithet: littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb. (4)

Synonym: Hymenocallis adnata Herb.

adnata => broadly attached, joined together, united

littoralis => found on the seashore

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

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• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.