Iridaceae FAMILY
Lapeirousia erythrantha
Lapeirousia erythrantha
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lapeirousia erythrantha is a perennial plant growing 15 - 45cm tall. The plant produces a single, branched stem from an underground corm[ 725 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri. Year 1990 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The corms are harvested from the wild as a food in times when better foods are not available.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - northern Nigeria, DR Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe.
HabitatUsually in shallow soils over rock, on or at the base of granite outcrops, or in lateritic pans or shallow pans in areas of impeded drainage in mopane or miombo woodlands, less often in open grassland[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].