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| | | taxon = Tulbaghia violacea | | | taxon = Tulbaghia violacea |
| | | image = Tulbaghia (Society Garlic).jpg | | | image = Tulbaghia (Society Garlic).jpg |
| | | authority = [[William Henry Harvey|Harv.]] | | | authority = [[William Henry Harvey|Harv.]] |
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| − | [[File:Tulbaghia violacea2010.jpg|thumb|right|Tulbaghia violacea]]
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| − | '''''Tulbaghia violacea''''', also known as '''society garlic''' or '''pink agapanthus''', is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the onion [[family (biology)|family]] Alliaceae, [[native plant|indigenous]] to southern [[Africa]] ([[KwaZulu-Natal]] and [[Cape Province]]), and reportedly naturalized in [[Tanzania]] and [[Mexico]].<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=289698 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
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| − | Growing to {{convert|60|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|25|cm|0|abbr=on}} wide, it is a clump-forming [[perennial plant|perennial]] with narrow leaves and large clusters of fragrant, violet flowers from midsummer to autumn (fall).<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=1405332964|pages=1136}}</ref><ref>Harvey, William Henry 1837. Botanical Magazine 64: t. 3555.</ref>
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| − | When grown as an ornamental, this plant requires some protection from winter frosts. It has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Tulbaghia violacea''|url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1959|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref>
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| − | ==Medicinal uses==
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| − | ''T. violacea'' is used locally as a herbal remedy/medicine to treat several ailments. Recently it was demonstrated to have [[androgenic]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=The effect of ''Tulbaghia violacea'' extracts on [[testosterone]] secretion by testicular cell cultures |author1=Mozaffar Ebrahim |author2=Edmund John Pool |lastauthoramp=yes |journal=[[Journal of Ethnopharmacology]] |year=2010 |volume=132 |issue=1 |pages=359–361 |pmid=20723589 |doi=10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.018}}</ref> and anti-cancer<ref>{{cite journal |title=''Tulbaghia alliacea'': A potential anti-cancer phytotherapy |author=S. Thamburan, F. February, M. Meyer, J. Rees & Q. Johnson |journal=[[Planta Medica]] |year=2009 |volume=75 |issue=9 |page=SL35 |doi=10.1055/s-0029-1234290}}</ref> properties in vitro.
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| − | ''T. violacea'' exhibited [[antithrombotic]] activities which were higher than those found in [[garlic]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Evidence for an in vitro anticoagulant and antithrombotic activity in ''Tulbaghia violacea'' |author=Lelethu Bungu, Maryna van de Venter & Carminita Frost |journal=[[African Journal of Biotechnology]] |year=2008 |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=681–688 |url=http://ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/viewFile/58496/46840 |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref>
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/tulb_vio.cfm Floridata: Tulbaghia violacea]
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