Bulbine angustifolia
Poelln.
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Description
A succulent herb. It has a rhizome or underground stem. The leaves are 30 cm long and come from the rhizome. The leaves are ina rind from the base and are light green and straight. The flowers are small and yellow and in groups along a stalk 60-70 cm long. The fruit is a round green capsule.
Edible Uses
The root is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in grassland and rocky areas.
Where It Grows
Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds.
Notes
There are 30 Bulbine species. Also put in the family Asphodelaceae.
Synonyms
References (5)
- Grivetti, 1976,
- Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 79 (As Bulbine tortilifolia)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 13
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 32
- 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
