Allium synnotii
Kunth
Wild leek
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Description
An onion family bulb plant. It grows up to 60 cm high. It has a dense cluster of purple flowers.
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Edible Uses
The bulbs are eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used raw to flavour salads.
Traditional Uses
The bulbs are eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used raw to flavour salads.
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Distribution
It grows naturally in dry areas in South Africa from Clanwilliam to Riversdale and Long Kloof.
Where It Grows
Africa, Europe, Norway, Scandinavia, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Cultivation
It can be grown from seed or division of the bulbs. Bulbs should be planted fairly deeply.
Notes
There are about 300-700 Allium species. Most species of Allium are edible (Flora of China). All alliums are edible but they may not all be worth eating! They have also been put in the family Alliaceae.
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References (10)
- http://nordicfood lab/org/blog/2102/9/wild-edible-plants-an-overview (As Allium dregeanum)
- Peters, 1990, (As Allium dregeanum)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 8 (As Allium dregeanum)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Allium dregeanum)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 9
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- van Wyk, Be., & Gericke, N., 2007, People's plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza. p 63 (As Allium dregeanum)
- van Wyk, B-E., 2011, The potential of South African plants in the development of new food and beverage products. South African Journal of Botany 77 (2011) 857–868 (As Allium dregeanum)
- Wehmeyer, A. S, 1986, Edible Wild Plants of Southern Africa. Data on the Nutrient Contents of over 300 species (As Allium dregeanum)
- 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
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
