Iridaceae FAMILY

Gladiolus unguiculatus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gladiolus unguiculatus is a perennial plant growing from an underground corm around 15 - 25mm in diameter. The plant produces 2 - 3 sword-shaped leaves around a flowering stem, growing around 30 - 60cm tall[ 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 as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Sudan, south to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique

HabitatSavannah on (seasonally) humid soils; meadows; on hard-pan and conglomerate; damp sandy soils; shallow soils; marigots; open forests; wooded grassland; rock outcrops; at elevations from 30 - 2,200 metres[ 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. ]. alt.