Characteristics
An erect plant with a bulb. The bulb is oval and 3-6 cm across. The leaves occur as 6-9 leaves in a rose shaped arrangement. They are smooth and shiny and like a narrow sword. The flowers are in a loose cluster around a central stem. The individual flowers are yellowish green and with a long stalk. The fruit are round capsules. Inside are flat black shiny seeds. These are 8 mm across.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.25 - 0.91
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
A subtropical plant. It grows in hot arid areas with a marked dry season. It grows over limestone material It grows in stony and sandy soils. It grows between 440-1,675 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
|
Usage
CAUTION: Some closely related Dipcadi are used as rat poison. The onion like bulb is eaten after roasting. The young leaves are eaten raw.
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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