Cyrtanthus nutans
R. A. Dyer
Pointed fire lily
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Leaves
The flowers and leaves are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in sandy grassland. It grows in the high veld.
Africa, Eswatini, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
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 slender lily. It loses its leaves by the time of flowering. There are 1 or 2 nodding flowers. They are yellow and funnel shaped.
Notes
It is a rare and at risk species.
References (1)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
