Brachystelma dinteri

Botanical Description

Brachystelma dinteri is a herbaceous perennial plant usually producing one or more erect, unbranched stems, though they can be spreading and branched. The stems grow 5 - 50cm tall from an underground tuber[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its edible root.