Plant paradise: Lilies and their common uses

Lilies are native to the northern temperate regions. Their range extends across much of Europe, the north Mediterranean, across most of Asia to Japan, south to the Nilgiri mountains in India, and south to the Philippines. They also extend from southern Canada through much of the USA. A few species formerly included within this genus have now been placed in other genera. These include Cardiocrinum. Lilies are commonly adapted to either woodland mountain habitats.

LILIES AND THEIR COMMON USES
Scientific Name	Common Name	Common Uses
Lilium auratum	Japanese golden rayed lily	Lily from Japan, white bowl shaped flowers with a golden ray down the centre of petals and crimson spots. The flowers are fragrant and will make a great cut flower.
Lilium bulbiferum	Orange lily	The bulbs edible. Sweet and mealy, these lilies make very fair eating and can be used as a substitute to potato.
Lilium canadense	Canada lily	Scented use
Lilium candidum	Madonna lily	The bulb is employed for medicinal purposes, having highly demulcent and also astringent properties.
Lilium henryi	Henry’s lily	relieve congestion, and the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Lilium japonicum	Krameri	nourishing and useful in diseases of the chest
Lilium tigrinum	Tiger lily	Lily from China with light glowing orage colored flowers with purplish black spots and protruding stamens. They are late flowering, black stem bulbils with stem rooting
Lilium lancifolium	Tiger lily	produce edible bulbs
Lilium longiflorum	Easter lily	Rrumpet shaped, white and waxy flowers that are early flowering and stem rooting, mostly used in flower beds
Lilium martagon	Martagon lily, Turkscap lily	The bulb has diuretic, emmenagogue, emollient and expectorant properties. They are used to relieve heart diseases, pain in the cardiac region and angina pectoris.
Lilium pardalinum	Panther lily	The flowers are 1.5 metres tall, red in color with a yellow centre and maroon spots on it, the bulbs of which are edible.
Lilium regale	Regal lily	Plant in groups integrated in a perennial border.
Lilium speciosum	Japanese lily	The flowers diffuse a powerful sweet honey perfume.

 

Source: Wikipedia