Dipcadi glaucum
Dipcadi glaucum
Safety & Hazards
Although the leaves are edible, the bulbs are considered to be poisonous[ 775 Title Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle Publication Author Leffers A. Publisher Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia. Year 2003 ISBN 99916-0-491-X Description Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry. ].
Botanical Description
Dipcadi glaucum is a perennial plant producing a rosette of 3 - 10 leaves up to 30cm long and 10cm wide from an underground bulb. The flowering stem can be up to 120cm long[ 775 Title Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle Publication Author Leffers A. Publisher Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia. Year 2003 ISBN 99916-0-491-X Description Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its edible leaves.