Zygotritonia praecox Stapf

Species

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Characteristics

A slender herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are narrow. The flowers are pink or white. It grows 15 cm high. It has a corm 2.5 cm across.
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Corm about 1 in. diam., covered with reticulate-fibrous tunics
Flowering while nearly leafless
Capsule slightly pustulate
Flowers white
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows on alluvial soils in wet sites in West Africa. It grows in wet grass savannah.
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In alluvial soil among grass.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The corms are pounded and cooked and eaten as cakes.
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Edible fruits roots
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Zygotritonia praecox world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:442124-1
WFO ID wfo-0000787412
COL ID 5DCDB
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Synonyms

Zygotritonia praecox