Lapeirousia erythrantha
(Klotzsch ex Klatt) Baker
Iridaceae
Geissorhiza briartii De Wild. & T.Durand
Lapeirousia graminea Vaupel
Lapeirousia montana Hutch.
Lapeirousia nigeriensis R.C.Foster
Lapeirousia plagiostoma Vaupel
Lapeirousia rhodesiana N.E.Br.
Lapeirousia spicigera Vaupel
Lapeirousia welwitschii Baker
Ovieda erythrantha Klotzsch ex Klatt
Common Name:
General Information
Lapeirousia erythrantha is a perennial plant growing 15 - 45cm tall. The plant produces a single, branched stem from an underground corm[
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- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77
- Publication
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- Author
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- 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.
].
The corms are harvested from the wild as a food in times when better foods are not available.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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- Flora Zambesiaca
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- http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
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- ISBN
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- 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.
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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.
Range
Tropical Africa - northern Nigeria, DR Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe.
Habitat
Usually in shallow soils over rock, on or at the base of granite outcrops, or in lateritic pans or shallow pans in areas of impeded drainage in mopane or miombo woodlands, less often in open grassland[
308- Title
- Flora Zambesiaca
- Publication
-
- 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.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Corm |
| Height | 0.30 m |
| Pollinators | Bees, Wasps |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
The plant's frequency in thin soils in rocky sites suggests that the corms are protected in such habitats, while in deeper ground they are accessible to rodents, porcupines, and perhaps other animals. There seems no a priori reason for the apparent preference for rocky habitats, and plants grow well in cultivation in almost any type and depth of soil[
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
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- 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.
]. The corms are eaten as a famine food[
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.
]. The corm is 8 - 16mm in diameter at its base[
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.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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