Kaffir Lily
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Kaffir Lily (Schizostylis) - S. coccinea is a handsome bulbous plant from Kaffraria, with the habit of a Gladiolus, from 2 to 3 feet high.
Kaffir Lily
Botanical Name: Clivia miniata
A summer flower out in the garden, Kaffir Lily can be forced into bloom indoors in late winter or early spring.
Kaffir Date, Kaffir Plum, Wild Plum
Scientific Name: Harpephyllum caffrum Bernh. ex C.F. Krauss.
Synonym:
Family: Anacardiaceae ...
Kaffir
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Kaffir Lily
Clivia miniata is an outstanding shade plant in Zones 10 and 11 (Zone 9, too, with some protection from frost). It flaunts large clusters of orange trumpet-like flowers, followed by red berries, and glossy, strap-like evergreen leaves.
Kaffir lime fruits
Form a stereochemical point of view, it is remarkable that kaffir lime leaves contain only (-)-(S)-citronellal, whereas the enantiomeric form (+)-(R)-citronellal is found in both lemon balm and (to a lesser degree) lemon grass, ...
KAFFIR ORANGE
Growing Rare Fruit in Northern Calif. By John M. Riley. 1973 YB, pp 67-90
KAMPFERIA PANDURATE See Galangale ...
Kaffir's are an easy to care for plant which tolerates typical house hold conditions. Although good lighting is required for bloom, non-blooming plants are still visually interesting. They sucker readily so sharing with friends is easy.
kaffir daisy, Peruvian zinnia, redstar zinnia, wild zinnia, zinnia
Family
Asteraceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)Compositae (South Australia) ...
Kaffir lime leaves, Makrud lime leaves (Citrus hystrix) (Southeast Asia)
Kala Jeera, black cumin (Bunium persicum) (South Asia)
Kencur, galangal, kentjur (Kaempferia galanga)
Keluak, kluwak, kepayang (Pangium edule) ...
Kaffir Lily, Clivia miniata
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Norfolk Island Pine, Araucaria heterophylla ...
The kaffir lime leaves are a very popular spice in Thailand; their characteristic flavour appears in soups, stir-fries or curres. The juice of the fruit is antiscurvy, expectorant. External use as antidandruff.
I love kaffir lilies because they bloom most gloriously later in the year than the majority of brightly flowering plants.
Jennifer Kaffir Lily ( Schizostylis coccinea )
Jennifer Kurume Azalea ( Rhododendron )
Jennifer Rebecca Remontant Tall Bearded Iris ( Iris ) ...
afrum (Kaffir Box-Thorn) - L. andersonii (Anderson Boxthorn) - L. andersonii f. deserticola (Anderson Boxthorn) - L. andersonii var. andersonii (Anderson's Wolfberry) - L. andersonii var. andersonii Gray (Anderson Wolfberry) - L. andersonii var.
Clivia miniata Kaffir Lily
Codiaeum variegatum Croton
Cyclamen persicum Cyclamen
Datura innoxia Angel's Trumpet
Dieffenbachia sp. Dumb cane
Euphorbia milii Crown-of-thorns
Euphorbia pulcherrima Poinsettia
Hedera helix English Ivy ...
Its popular common name in North America and Britain is kaffir lily. In other parts of the world, kaffir is a racial slur; because of this, many are opting to call the plant by its numerous other names, as am I.
Common name Forest lily, caffre lily, kaffir lily, thong lily, boslelie
Botanical name Clivia
Group Houseplant (evergreen perennial)
Flowering time Spring to summer
Planting time Any season ...
Kaffir lily (Clivia miniata)
Labrador violet, sweet violet, English violet (Viola labradorica, Viola odorata)
Lily (Lilium species)
Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis)
Magic lily, resurrection lily (Lycoris squamigera) ...
myriocarpus (Naud.), a small gourd of South Africa, is used by the Kaffirs as an emetic in the form of the fruit-pulp, 20 grains being found to produce nausea and purgation after several hours.
Carpobrotus edulis
(Iceplant, Hottentot fig, Kaffir fig) Be the first to rate this plant
Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
The leaves are very aromatic and remind me of kaffir lime (C. hystrix) and surely could be substituted for that flavor in Thai recipes.
 See also: Kaffir Lily, May, Lily, Green, Clivia
  
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