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Tulbaghia acutiloba (Wild
Garlic)
Wildeknoffel [Afrikaans]; motsuntsunyane, sefothafotha [South Sotho]; lisela
[Swazi]; ishaladi lezinyoka [Zulu]
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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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
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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.
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