Iridaceae FAMILY
Lapeirousia odoratissima
Lapeirousia odoratissima
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lapeirousia odoratissima is a perennial plant usually growing 10 - 18cm tall from an underground corm, with some plants up to 25cm tall[ 725 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri. Year 1990 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The corms are a valued food in Namibia, where the plant is commonly harvested from the wild for local use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - DR Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe.
HabitatSandy flats[ 725 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri. Year 1990 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. Largely a plant of semiarid habitats, it also occurs in Brachystegia woodland and in exposed places in montane sites, as well as open grassland and Acacia savannah[ 725 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri. Year 1990 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet. ].