Arisarum simorrhinum

Durieu

AraceaeRootsPotential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Root, Corm, Tuber, Caution

The running rootstock is gathered, dried, and ground to a powder, then mixed with barley or wheat flour.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in rocky places.

Africa, Europe, Mediterranean, North Africa, Spain, Tunisia,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Angola, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Belarus, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Comoros, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Mali, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tuber plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It can form colonies. There is one leaf which is yellow green. The blade is spearhead shaped. It is 5-13 cm long. The leaf stalk is mottled. It is 30 cm long. The flower appears below the leaves. The bract around the flower is hooded and green. It is broader and shorter than for Friar's cowl (Arisum vulgare) and can be striped. The fruit stalk is fleshy and green and greatly swollen at the tip. It does not show above the bract. The fruit are green berries.

Wikipedia

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Arisarum simorrhinum is species of flowering plant of the family Araceae. It is native to the western Mediterranean Basin (Iberian Peninsula and northwest Maghreb).

Notes

It should not be eaten in large quantities. There are 3 Arisarum species.

Names & Synonyms

Abbouq, Airni, Candil, Cebot el -ghoula, Hierni, Idjened, Kelb el-beqouqa, Ouden el-fil, Quaba, Rejel el begra, Taourza, Tikilmout, Tioughda, Tiqqenousine

References (4)

Blamey, M and Grey-Wilson, C., 2005, Wild flowers of the Mediterranean. A & C Black London. p 505
Blanco-Salas, J., et al, 2019, Wild Plants Potentially Used in Human Food in the Protected Area “Sierra Grande de Hornachos” of Extremadura (Spain). Sustainability 2019, 11, 456
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Lim, T. K., 2015, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs. Springer p 12