Disa miniata
Summerh.
OrchidaceaeRoots
What to Eat
Edible parts: Tubers, Root
The tubers and roots are edible portions.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Zambia,
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
An orchid. It is a herb that grows in the soil. It grows 30-45 cm tall. The leafy shoots are 70 cm long and have 2-3 leaves 30 cm long by 1 cm wide. The flowering shoots are 4-16 cm long with 5-40 flowers in a dense group. The flowers are orange. The tubers are narrowly oval and 1.5 cm long by 0.5 cm wide.
References (1)
- Veldman, S., et al, 2018, Trade in Zambian Edible Orchids—DNA Barcoding Reveals the Use of Unexpected Orchid Taxa for Chikanda. Genes 2018, 9, 595
