Cyrtanthus stenanthus var. major
Bak.
Impimpiliza
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Description
A herb. It has a bulb 2 cm across. The leaves are narrow and occur singly. They develop after the flowers. The flower stalk is 30 cm long. There are bracts 3-4 cm long. There are up to 8 flowers. They are narrow yellow tubes. These are 5 cm long and 5 mm wide at the mouth.
Edible Uses
The bulb and flowers are edible.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa*, Swaziland,
Synonyms
Cyrtanthus stenanthus Baker
References (6)
- Guillarmod, J., 1971,
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- 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
