Moraea tricuspidata
(L.f.) G. J. Lewis
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Corm, Bulb, Root
The corm or bulb is eaten raw as a snack or cooked as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, 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 corm or bulb plant. It is 25-60 cm tall. There is one narrow channelled leaf. The flowers are white or cream coloured.
Medicinal Uses
Traditional medicinal uses recorded (specific applications not detailed in available data).
Names & Synonyms
Iris tricuspidata L.f.Iris tricuspis Thunb.Moraea confusa G. J. LewisMoraea tricupsis (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.and others
References (2)
- 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
