Moraea simulans
Baker
IridaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Corm, Bulb, Root
The corm, bulb, and root are edible portions.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, Australia, South Africa*, Southern Africa,
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 corm or bulb plant. It grows 15-40 cm tall. There are 1 or 2 narrow leaves. These have a channel. The flowers have a translucent spathe around them. It is mauve with darker speckles.
Names & Synonyms
Gynandriris simulans (Baker) R. C. Fosterand several others
References (4)
- Guillarmod, J., 1971, (As Gynandriris simulans)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 33 (As Gynandriris simulans)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 68
- 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
