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Tulbaghia acutiloba (Wild Garlic)

Wildeknoffel [Afrikaans]; motsuntsunyane, sefothafotha [South Sotho]; lisela [Swazi]; ishaladi lezinyoka [Zulu]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Tulbaghia

Tulbaghia acutiloba, above escarpment, The Cavern, Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [images Rudi von Staden ©, from iNaturalist]

Young plants are eaten as food (Moteetee & van Wyk 2006).

Publications (by date)

  • van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. 1997. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town. See p. 270.
  • Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban. See p. 510.
  • Moteetee, A. and van Wyk, B-E. 2006. Sesotho names for exotic and indigenous edible plants in southern Africa. Bothalia 36(1): 25-32.