Iridaceae FAMILY

Gladiolus zambesiacus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gladiolus zambesiacus is a perennial plant growing from an underground corm around 15mm in diameter. It produces 6 - 7 sword-shaped leaves, growing around 45 - 75cm tall[ 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. ]. The edible corms are sometimes gathered from the wild and consumed locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Africa - Malawi, Mozambique.

HabitatExposed, rocky, montane habitats, often in thin soil in rocky crevices, where it is seasonally wet but well-drained in the rainy season then bakes completely dry in the dry season[ 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. ].