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  Spider Lily

 

Thailand

The white flowers of the Hymenocallis caribaea, commonly known as Spider Lily, and officially fully named Caribbean Spider Lily or Variegated Spider Lily.

 

The full name is typically used to differentiate it from its cousin the Crinum (fig.), which is also commonly referred to as Spider Lily. In Thai it is called phlab phleung teen pet, literally 'duckfeet lily'.

LIST OF THAI BOTANICAL NAMES

 

  Spider Lily