Cyrtanthus galpinii
Bak.
Fire lily, Impimpiliza
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Description
A herb. It has a bulb 2 cm across. There are usually 2 leaves. These are very narrow and are produced after the flowers. The flower stalk is slender and 20 cm long. The flowers occur singly and are erect or nodding. They are tube shaped and 1.5 cm long then widening to 4 cm wide at the mouth. They are red.
Edible Uses
The flowers and leaves are edible.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa*, Swaziland,
References (6)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Ogle & Grivetti, 1985,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 10
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 12
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
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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
