Lapeirousia bainesii
Baker
Iridaceae
Lapeirousia vaupeliana Dinter
Common Name:
General Information
Lapeirousia bainesii is a perennial plant producing a single, usually repeatedly-branched, annual stem 30 - 45cm tall from an underground corm[
308- Title
- Flora Zambesiaca
- Publication
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- Author
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- 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 an important article of food in Namibia, where the plant is commonly harvested from the wild for local use.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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.
,
725- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77
- Publication
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- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri.
- Year
- 1990
- ISBN
- 0026-6493
- Description
- A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet.
Range
Southern Africa - southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.
Habitat
Hard flat sandy ground, in open or bush country. at elevations from 600 - 1,340 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.
,
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
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- 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.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Corm |
| Height | 0.40 m |
| Pollinators | Hawkmoths |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
The flowers open in the late afternoon and last through the night and into the following day, then they wilt rapidly in the dry, hot daylight conditions. The freshly opened flowers have a strong sweet and pleasant fragrance and produce abundant nectar[
725- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri.
- Year
- 1990
- ISBN
- 0026-6493
- Description
- A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet.
].
Edible Uses
Corms - raw or cooked[
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.
,
725- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri.
- Year
- 1990
- ISBN
- 0026-6493
- Description
- A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet.
,
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.
]. After roasting, the corms are sometimes pounded, then soaked in water and stewed[
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 corms can be up to 30mm long and 20mm wide, they are formed at a depth of around 10cm in the soil[
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.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
