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[[File:Common Vlei-lily (Crinum macowanii) (8390429760).jpg|thumb|right|''Crinum macowanii'']]
'''Crinum macowanii''' is a deciduous bulbous plant species . It is native to Africa. Along with other members of the Amaryllidaceae family, it It has been used in Traditional medicine throughout southern Africa.In English, Crinum macowanii is referred to as Cape coast lily, river crinum and sabie crinum in South Africa, and as the common vlei-lily in Mozambique. In Tanzania it is known as the pyjama lily.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Boils}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|respiratory Respiratory system problems}}, {{Uses|skin Skin rashes}}, {{Uses|tuberculosisTuberculosis}}, {{Uses|woundsWounds}}, {{Uses|urinary Urinary tract problems}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Dried Folaigefolaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
==Chemical Composition==
The alkaloids lycorine, crinine, hamayne, cherylline, and bulbispermine have been isolated from samples of Crinum macowanii.[5] The bulbs have been found to be significantly higher in alkaloid content than the roots, flowering stocks, or leaves.Lycorine is the major alkaloid found in the roots and the only alkaloid found in trace amounts in the leaves. Other lycorine-type alkaloids found in the bulbs include hippadine and epi-lycorine, as well as 1-O-acetyllycorine, which is also found in the flowering stocks and roots<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual||whiteWhite, pink|5|Heavy heads of large white or pinkish trumpet-shaped blooms with rose stripes down center of the petals}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple|7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|Many}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
Easily grown in most soils, preferring a calcareous soil. Thrives in a dry lightly shaded position, though it prefers full sun.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|mountain Mountain grassland}}, {{Commonly seen|seasonally Seasonally flooded grassland}}, {{Commonly seen|savannaSavannah}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:OdermennigCommon Vlei Lily (Crinum macowanii) (33200156802).jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02Common Vlei Lily (Crinum macowanii) with Crab Spider (Thomisidae) (33227903141).jpgCommon Vlei-lily (Crinum macowanii) (8390429760).jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNTCrinum macowanii - University of California Botanical Garden - DSC08888.BOT.2004JPGCrinum macowanii - University of California Botanical Garden - DSC08889.0.jpgJPG
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub "sciencedirect"Antimicrobial assays]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874116313587A review of ethnoboatany, therapeutic value, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Crinum macowanii Bake]* [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ptr.2650080217Activity of a methanolic extract of Zimbabwean Crinum macowanii against exotic RNA viruses in vitro]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Amaryllidaceae]]
