Ledebouria edulis

(Engler) Stedje

Asparagaceae
Ledebouria edulis
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Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan,

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 small slender herb. It grows 15 cm high. The leaves are narrow and 12 cm long by 0.7 cm wide. The flowering stalks are 3 cm long.

Notes

Also put in the family Hyacinthaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Arueja

References (1)
  • http://nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/nbf/temp/Sebsebe

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