Rauhia is a genus in the Amaryllidaceae family with two to three species, only in seasonally dry, open woods and rocky slopes of the middle Maranon and Utcumbamba river valleys in Northern Peru at 1000-1500 meters. The genus, notable for its large and fleshy leaves is closely related to Eucrosia and Phaedranassa. Bulbs large, leaves annual, shortly and widely petiolate, ovate, very carnose, epidermis with mircopapillae, sometimes tessellated with silver when juvenile. Flowers green and numerous, seeds brown or black.
Rauhia multiflora (syn. Rauhia peruviana) The first photo is of a three year old seedling, by Arnold Trachtenberg. The second photo is of a large planting of mature bulbs underneath the shade of Prosopis pallida at the Koko Crater Botanic Garden on O`ahu, Hawai`i taken in February 2007 by Jacob Knecht. The third photo of a flower was taken April 2008 by Alessandro Marinello of one he grows in Italy.
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