Gethyllis longistyla
Bolus
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Description
A bulb plant. There are 12-18 leaves produced after the flowers. They are 8-10 cm long by 6 mm wide. They have white scales. The flowers are pink.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten as a snack.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in open stony places.
Where It Grows
Africa, South Africa*, Southern Africa,
Other Information
It is rare.
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 12
- 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
