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Tulbaghia leucantha (Highland Wild Garlic)

[= Tulbaghia friesii]

sefotha-fotha [South Sotho]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Tulbaghia

Tulbaghia leucantha (Highland Wild Garlic) Tulbaghia leucantha (Highland Wild Garlic)
Tulbaghia leucantha, Borrowdale Common, Harare. [photos Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Young plants are eaten as food (Moteetee & van Wyk 2006).

See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 92; Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 40

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References

  • Moteetee, A. and van Wyk, B-E. 2006. Sesotho names for exotic and indigenous edible plants in southern Africa. Bothalia 36(1): 25-32.