Trachyandra falcata
(L. f.) Kunth
Veldkool
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flower buds, Leaves, Vegetable
The flower buds are cooked in a stew and the leaves are cooked and used as a green vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in hot and arid places with a marked dry season. The dry season can be 6-11 months. In southern Africa it grows between 60-1,100 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A bulb plant. It grows 60 cm high. The leaves are fleshy and strap shaped. They can be curved. They are 30 cm long and 3-5 cm wide. The flowers are white and in dense clusters. The stalk is thick.
Nutrition Score: 40/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowers | 84.9 | 182 | 44 | 2.2 | — | 96.2 | 4.2 | 0.7 |
| Stems | 89.6 | 119 | 28 | 0.8 | — | 75.1 | 2 | 0.9 |
Notes
Also put in the family Asphodelaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Kxorob
Chlorophytum drepanophyllum Baker
References (7)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 256
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 4th April 2011]
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 32
- van Wyk, Be., & Gericke, N., 2007, People's plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza. p 78
- Wehmeyer, A. S, 1986, Edible Wild Plants of Southern Africa. Data on the Nutrient Contents of over 300 species
- 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
