This beautiful flower is a lily, also known as “Azucena”. It has a pleasant aroma. Its leaves are elongated with an underground bulb. In ancient Greece this flower was associated with the most beautiful things because of its splendor. Currently, the lily maintains its popularity throughout the world, its flower is cultivated and harvested for export by countries such as Colombia and Holland.

This flower is very common in gardens of houses and squares in my country (Venezuela). I have seen it in different colors: red, white, pink, yellow and this one I present, yellow ocher. It is known as: "rose of China". In my town, Yaguaraparo, state of Sucre, they call it "Cachupina". With the flower, they prepare the tea to fight the insonmio and to calm the nerves. They also use it to repair hair, fight dandruff and baldness does it very well.

This beautiful flower is very fragile, if you cut it, it dies very fast. The root has several bulbs similar to cassava, hence its name. It is a medicinal plant used for kidney problems. It acts as an antioxidant and protects the kidney against the alterations caused by diabetes.