Iridaceae FAMILY
Babiana hypogea
Babiana hypogea
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Babiana hypogea is a herbaceous perennial plant with subterranean stems growing from a corm. Often growing in clumps; the leaves are up to 15cm long, with flowering stems about 5 - 8cm tall[ 1095 Title A revision of the southern African genus Babiana, Iridaceae: Crocoideae Publication Strelitzia 18 Author Goldblatt P. & Manning J.C. Publisher South African National Biodiversity Institute: Pretoria Year 2007 ISBN 978-1-919976-32-7 Description An in-depth revision of the genus Babiana ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate; tropical
Native RangeSouthern Africa - Namibia, Botswana, northern and central S. Africa
HabitatRed sand plains[ 1095 Title A revision of the southern African genus Babiana, Iridaceae: Crocoideae Publication Strelitzia 18 Author Goldblatt P. & Manning J.C. Publisher South African National Biodiversity Institute: Pretoria Year 2007 ISBN 978-1-919976-32-7 Description An in-depth revision of the genus Babiana ]. Usually in Kalahari Sand or stony laterite in open woodland or grassland[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]..