Tecophilaeaceae FAMILY

Walleria nutans

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Walleria nutans is an erect, perennial plant producing a clump of stems with grass-like leaves that grow 10 - 30cm tall from 1 - 5 underground tubers[ 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. , 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 edible tuber is harvested from the wild for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - southern Angola, southern Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.

HabitatSandy soils in mixed deciduous woodland, with Brachystegia, Albizia or Combretum spp., open grassland and dry river beds, and on doloritic or granitic rocky outcrops, also in land cleared for cultivation; at elevations from 950 - 1,700 metres[ 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. ].