An erect annual , raising from a small bulb ; up to 45 cm high ; corm globose , covered with reddish brown fibrous tunics . Stems erect to ascending , slender , weak . Leaves alternate , 4-5 , long , thin , grass-like , erect , lanceolate , with entire margin , glabrous . Inflorescences in simple 3-4 flowers in a one-sided spike . Flowers white , fragrant , long , funnel shaped ; perianth 6 , free ; stamens 3 , inserted in throat of perianth ; ovary , inferior , 3-locular ; styule exserted ; stigma 3-lobed . Fruit capsule , obovoid . Seeds 0 . 2 x 0 . 5 mm , reddish brown , triangular , flattened , narrowly winged . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
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Acidanthera candida Rendle
Acidanthera ukambanensis Baker
Gladiolus ukambanensis (Baker) Marais
Gladiolus ukambanensis var. alatus Marais
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Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "The corm of this plant provided one of the most important wild food sources in Dhofar. A special digging tool was used to collect the corms. Called [J: zik], it consisted of a short wooden handle with a pointed metal head fixed to one end made by the blacksmiths of the coastal settlements. Young girls setting out for the day's herding of the younger stock would not take any food with them, just a water skin, the digging tool and a bag of [J: keref], the litter of the animal pens, the mixture of urine, dung and earth in which these corms were cooked. As they went along they would look out for the plants and dig up and collect the corms, and then at midday, when they and their herds stopped to rest in the shade from the heat of the midday sun,
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Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. https://en.wikipedia.org https://en.hortipedia.com POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
