Zygotritonia praecox
Stapf.
Iridaceae Edible: Fruit, Corms, Root
Description
A slender herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are narrow. The flowers are pink or white. It grows 15 cm high. It has a corm 2.5 cm across.
Edible Uses
The corms are pounded and cooked and eaten as cakes. The fruit and roots are also edible.
Traditional Uses
The corms are pounded and cooked and eaten as cakes.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows on alluvial soils in wet sites in West Africa. It grows in wet grass savannah.
Where It Grows
Africa, Gambia, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, West Africa,
Other Information
It is a famine food.
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Kew.
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 111
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
