Bulb elongated, fleshy, with thin, brown tunic. Stems 6—1 2 in. (1 S—30 cm). Leaves to 10 in.(25 cm) hong, 3/4 in.(2 cm), wide, shiny green. Flowers slightly fragrant, white with green markings on tips of tepals, usually solitary, seldom more than two per stem.

Analeptic, analgesic, antiacetylcholinesterase, antibutylcholinesterase, anticholinesterase, anticurare, antimyasthenic, antineurotic, bradycardic, cholinergic, CNS Inhibitor, emetic, emollient, hypnotic, insecticide, memorigenic, myocontractant, myoneurostimulant, peristaltic, secretagogue, sedative and sialagogue (plant)

James A Duke and Maryl Fulton. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs - 2nd Edition, P: 693, CRC Press July 2002.

The plant is indicated in treating Alzheimer’s disease, cardiopathy, insomnia, myasthenia, nervousness, neurosis, pain, senile dementia and xerophthalmia.