Arisarum simorrhinum
Family: Araceae
What it is like
A tuber plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It can form colonies. There is one leaf which is yellow green. The blade is spearhead shaped. It is 5-13 cm long. The leaf stalk is mottled. It is 30 cm long. The flower appears below the leaves. The bract around the flower is hooded and green. It is broader and shorter than for Friar's cowl (Arisum vulgare) and can be striped. The fruit stalk is fleshy and green and greatly swollen at the tip. It does not show above the bract. The fruit are green berries.
It should not be eaten in large quantities. There are 3 Arisarum species.
Where it is found
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in rocky places.
Countries/locations it is found in
Africa, Europe, Mediterranean, North Africa, Spain, Tunisia
How it is used for food
The running rootstock is gathered, dried and ground to a powder then mixed with the flour of barley or wheat.
Edible parts
Root, corm, tuber, caution
How it is grown
Its other names
Local names
Abbouq, Airni, Candil, Cebot el -ghoula, Hierni, Idjened, Kelb el-beqouqa, Ouden el-fil, Quaba, Rejel el begra, Taourza, Tikilmout, Tioughda, Tiqqenousine