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Dipcadi longifolium (Lindl.) Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Dipcadi

Characteristics

Plants 20-90 cm.. Bulb 1-4 cm. in diameter, occasionally bulbiliferous.. Leaves 2-7, base free, linear, up to 75 cm. long, 3-9 mm. broad, smooth.. Scapes 1-3, smooth.. Raceme with 4-15 flowers; pedicels smooth, 3-9 mm., up to 11 mm. in fruit; bracts linear or lanceolate to ovate, 4-15 mm., acuminate.. Flowers yellow-green, green to brown.. Perianth-segments 10-15 mm., without caudate appendages.. Filaments 5-7 mm.. Ovary 4-6 mm. long, 2 mm. across.. Capsule 8-15 mm. long, 13-18 mm. in diameter.. Seeds 5-7 mm. long.
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A bulb herb. The leaves are twisted. It grows 20-90 cm high. The bulb is 1-4 cm across. There are 2-7 leaves. They are narrow and 75 cm long by 3-9 mm wide. The flowering stalks are 60 cm high. There are 4-15 flowers They are yellowish green. The fruit is a capsule 8-15 mm long by 13018 mm wide. The seeds are 5-7 mm long.
Inflorescence up to 2 ft. high
A bulbous herb
Twisted leaves
Flowers green
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.01 - 0.04
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.9
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Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in the savannah. In East Africa it grows between 1,000-1,350 m above sea level.
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In savanna.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The bulbs and leaves are eaten raw after pounding.
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Edible bulbs leaves
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Images

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Distribution

Dipcadi longifolium world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533958-1
WFO ID wfo-0000765433
COL ID 36FCF
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Synonyms

Uropetalon longifolium Dipcadi firmifolium Dipcadi longifolium Ornithogalum longifolium Dipcadi anthericoides Dipcadi sansibaricum Dipcadi zambesiacum Dipcadi venenatum
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