Hypoxidaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Hypoxis gregoriana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hypoxis gregoriana is a perennial plant producing a cluster of grass-like leaves from a corm-like tuber; it can grow up to 60cm tall[ 1923 Title The genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae) in the East Tropical Africa: variability, distribution and conservation status Publication Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 14: 1-129, 2009 Author Wiland-Szymańska J. Website http://10.2478/v10119-009-0011-5 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The plant is locally common and is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2009)[ 1923 Title The genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae) in the East Tropical Africa: variability, distribution and conservation status Publication Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 14: 1-129, 2009 Author Wiland-Szymańska J. Website http://10.2478/v10119-009-0011-5 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical east Africa - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania

HabitatOpen glades, swampy grassland, wooded grassland, semi-deciduous bushland, woodland, open forest, edge of montane forest, secondary mountain forest, pasture; at elevations from 1,000 - 3,650 metres, but mainly between 1,500 - 2,000 metres[ 1923 Title The genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae) in the East Tropical Africa: variability, distribution and conservation status Publication Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 14: 1-129, 2009 Author Wiland-Szymańska J. Website http://10.2478/v10119-009-0011-5 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]