Neobolusia tysonii
(Bolus) Schltr.
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Description
An orchid. It has a soft underground tuber. It is slender and 45 cm high. There are 2 large flat leaves bear the base of the stem. They are 7 cm long by 1 cm wide. There are a few stem leaves. The flowers stand out from the axis. The flowers are white.
Edible Uses
The underground tuber (pseudobulb) is eaten as a snack.
Traditional Uses
The pseudobulb is eaten as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
References (6)
- 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 36
- Peters, 1990,
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 83
- 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
