Gasteria batesiana
G. D. Rowley
Cow-tongue cactus
XanthorrhoeaceaeFlowers
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers
The flowers are cooked as a vegetable and are rich in nectar.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. They grow best in shade. In Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
Africa, Australia, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Countries: Angola, Australia, 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 herb with leaves in a ring. It grows 3-10 cm tall. They are like aloes but have keeled leaves. The leaves are dark green. The flowering shoots have large flowers 4 cm long.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Gasteria batesiana, or knoppies gasteria, is a species of succulent plant native to the inland escarpment in the far north-east of South Africa.
Notes
Also put in the family Asphodelaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Indvololwane, Knoppies-beestong, Oukossies
References (2)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- van Wyk, Be., & Gericke, N., 2007, People's plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza. p 70 (Gasteria spp.)
