Iridaceae FAMILY

Gladiolus permeabilis edulis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gladiolus permeabilis edulis is a perennial plant growing from an underground corm. It produces sword-shaped leaves and a flowering stem up to 50cm tall The edible corm is sometimes harvested from the wild and consumed locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, S. Africa

HabitatShale slopes and stony ground[ 42 Title Hardy Bulbs.; Including Half-hardy Bulbs and Tuberous and Fiberous-rooted Plants Publication Author Grey. C. H. Publisher Williams & Norgate. Year 1938 ISBN - Description Rather dated now, but an immense work on bulbs for temperate zones and how to grow them. Three large volumes. , 282 Title The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs Publication Author Manning. J. Goldblatt. P. & Snijman. D. Publisher Timber Press, Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-547-0 Description Excellent treatment of these plants, with good descriptions, habitat etc. Lots of high quality colour photographs. ]. Mostly in semi-arid areas, usually on sandy soils, in grassland and Acacia woodland[ 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. ]. Grassy slopes, sandy flats, riverbanks, black turf, limestone areas[ 1926 Title Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters Publication Strelitzia 6; 1-681 Author Retief E. & Herman P.P.J. Publisher National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. Year 1997 ISBN 1-874907-30-7 Description ].