Rauhia are bulbous,[3] perennial plants[4] with annual,[8] ovate to oblong, fleshy, petiolate, glaucous leaves[9] and large,[8] solitary, tunicate, underground bulbs.[4]
Generative characteristics
The stout,[9] umbellate inflorescences with erect, solid scapes[4] bear numerous pedicellate, infundibular to tubular,[9] actinomorphic or zygomorphic,[8][10] green[9] to white flowers.[4] The seeds are black or brown.[3][8]
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