Trachyandra falcata

(L. f.) Kunth

Veldkool

Xanthorrhoeaceae Edible: Flower buds, Leaves, Vegetable 753 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A bulb plant. It grows 60 cm high. The leaves are fleshy and strap shaped. They can be curved. They are 30 cm long and 3-5 cm wide. The flowers are white and in dense clusters. The stalk is thick.

Edible Uses

The flower buds are cooked in a stew and the leaves are cooked and used as a green vegetable.

Traditional Uses

The flower buds are cooked in a stew. The leaves are cooked and used as a green vegetable.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in hot and arid places with a marked dry season. The dry season can be 6-11 months. In southern Africa it grows between 60-1,100 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.

Where It Grows

Africa, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa,

Notes

Also put in the family Asphodelaceae.

Nutrition

Part	Moisture	kJ	kcal	Protein	Vit A	Vit C	Iron	Zinc
Flowers	84.9	182	44	2.2	—	96.2	4.2	0.7
Stems	89.6	119	28	0.8	—	75.1	2	0.9

Synonyms

Chlorophytum drepanophyllum Baker

Also Known As

Kxorob

References (7)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 256
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 4th April 2011]
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 32
van Wyk, Be., & Gericke, N., 2007, People's plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza. p 78
Wehmeyer, A. S, 1986, Edible Wild Plants of Southern Africa. Data on the Nutrient Contents of over 300 species

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Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew