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Medicinal

The related species G. dalenii is use in traditional medicine. Gladiolus dalenii is one of the plants used by local communities in the Kenyan Lake Victoria Basin to treat various infections such as meningitis, malaria, diarrhoea, ulcers and HIV related fungal infections.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3005389/#:~:text=Gladiolus%20dalenii%20is%20one%20of,and%20HIV%20related%20fungal%20infections.

Geographical distribution

  • Africa, Northern Africa, Morocco
  • Asia-Temperate, Caucasus, Transcaucasus
  • Asia-Temperate, Middle Asia, Tadzhikistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Middle Asia, Turkmenistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Iran
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Iraq
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Turkey
  • Europe, Eastern Europe, Ukraine
  • Europe, Southeastern Europe, Albania
  • Europe, Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria
  • Europe, Southeastern Europe, Italy
  • Europe, Southeastern Europe, Romania
  • Europe, Southwestern Europe, France
  • Europe, Southwestern Europe, Portugal
  • Europe, Southwestern Europe, Spain

Gladiolus italicus Mill.

Family: IRIDACEAE
Genus: Gladiolus
Species: italicus Mill.
Common names: Field gladiolus
Distribution summary: N. Africa, Eurasia
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Habitat: Woods, thickets, banks
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plants of the World (B)
Flowering months: April, May, June


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