Nerine laticoma
(Ker Gawl.) T. Durand & Schinz
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Bulb
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, Botswana, 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.
Nutrition Score: 27/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulb | 77.2 | 316 | 76 | 1 | — | — | 1.2 | 0.3 |
Names & Synonyms
Amaryllis laticoma Ker Gawl.
Amaryllis lucida (Herb.) D. Dietr.Brunsvigia laticoma (Ker Gawl.) SweetBrunsvigia lucida Herb.Imhofia duparquetiana Baill.Imhofia laticoma (Herb. Gawl.) SchinzImhofia lucida (Herb.) KuntzeLaticoma compressa Raf.Loxanthes laticoma (Ker Gawl.) Salisb. [Invalid]Nerine duparquetiana (Baill.) BakerNerine falcata W. F. BarkerNerine flexuosa W. F. BarkerNerine lucida (Herb.) Herb.
References (3)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 13
- 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
