Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Rafin.

English: African Blood Lily

German: Blutblume

Portuguese: Estrela de Natal, Lírio-sangu-salmão

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Asparagales (46)

        Family: Amaryllidaceae (27)(family description)

          Genus: Scadoxus (2)

            Epithet: multiflorus (Martyn) Rafin. (3)

Synonyms: Amaryllis multiflora (Martyn) Tratt., Haemanthus andrei DeWild., Haemanthus bequaertii DeWild., Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn, Haemanthus seretii DeWild., Nerissa multiflorus (Martyn) Salisb.

multiflora => many-flowered

multiflorus => many flowered

Climate: tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red

Check for Scadoxus multiflorus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [738] Scadoxus multiflorus - South African National Biodiversity Institute

• [35] Barthlott,W. (1998): Dumonts große Pflanzenenzyklopädie. Dumont Verlag, Köln, Germany.
• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.