Highland wild garlic, Veld onion
Tulbaghia leucantha

Family: Amaryllidaceae

What it is like

An onion family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has small corms and an underground stem. The plant smells of garlic. The leaves are slender. The flowering stems are 20 cm long. The flowers are green to white.

Also put in the families Alliaceae and Liliaceae.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet grassland and open woodland. It is often on sandy soil.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, Botswana, East Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa (country/location of origin), Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How it is used for food

It is used as a vegetable relish. The young plants are eaten.

Edible parts

Leaves, flowers, vegetable

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Fonteinknoffel, Mhondya, Nyalamudavhi

Synonyms

Tulbaghia dieterlenii Phillips;