''Amana edulis'' (formerly ''Tulipa edulis'') is a flowering bulb that is native to

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.Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 124 老鸦瓣 lao ya ban ''Tulipa edulis'' (Miquel) Baker
/ref> ''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.

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Chinese Plant NamesB. 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
Liliaceae Flora of China Flora of Eastern Asia Plants described in 1867 {{liliales-stub