Albuca virens
F. Delaroche
Common chincherinchee
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Bulb, Leaves, Caution
The bulb is roasted and tastes like an onion, usually cooked with meat. The leaves are also eaten.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in stony ground.
Africa, Angola, Botswana, Congo DR, East Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
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 robust bulb plant. The bulbs are round and brown and softly fleshy. The leaves are narrow and wide at the base and taper to the tip. There are many flowers in a group. The fruit is a capsule longer than wide. The seeds are flattened and angular.
Notes
Also put in the family Liliaceae and Hyacinthaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Morotele o monyenyane, Prei, Wilde ui
Ornithogalum tenuifolium F. Delarocheand many others
References (4)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 252 (As Ornithogalum tenuifolium)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/ (As Ornithogalum tenuifolium)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 65 (As Ornithogalum tenuifolium)
- 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 (As Ornithogalum tenuifolium)
