49 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons

► Subclass Liliidae

► Order Liliales

► Family Agavaceae - Century-plant family

► Genus Polianthes L. - Polianthes

Synonyms

Common names

Mexican tuberose (English)

Rajanigandha (English)

Sedep malam (English)

Single Mexican tuberose (English)

Tuberose (English)

Mimosa (French)

Tubéreuse (French)

 

Nachthyazinthe (German)

Tuberose (German)

Tuberosa (Italian)

Полиантес клубненосный (Russian)

Тубероза (Russian)

Nardo (Spanish)

Tuberosa (Spanish)

 

Rajanigandha (India (Hindi))

Nila Sampangi (India (Tamil))

Nelasampengi (India (Telugu))

Description

Highly fragrant medium-sized tubular white flower with six separated lobes; borne in long spikelike racemes. A bulbous perennial herb with narrow fleshy basal leaves.