Amana edulis (formerly Tulipa edulis) is a flowering bulb that is native to China, Japan, and Korea.Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 124 老鸦瓣 lao ya ban Tulipa edulis (Miquel) BakerHonda, Masaji 1935. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 6: 20
Amana edulis is a bulb-forming perennial up to 25 cm tall. The flowers are white, streaked with purplish-red. The bulbs are edible and in some cases have been used medicinally.Plants for a Future database
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Chinese Plant Names B. J. M. Zonneveld, The systematic value of nuclear genome size for "all" species of Tulipa L. (Liliaceae), Plant Systematics and Evolution Volume 281, Numbers 1-4 (2009), 217-245