Seed Information

Common Name: AFRICAN POTATO
Scientific Name: Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Alternative Names: Inkomfe (Zu)

0.20g up to 120 sds

R53.00

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Description

• Perennial
• Indigenous to South Africa.
• Tuberous perennial with linear to broadly lance-shaped, slightly hairy leaves which are arranged one above the other to form 3 groups spreading outwards from the center of the plant.
• The underground tuberous rootstock or corm, is hard, fleshy, mucilaginous and dark brown or black on the outside and yellow-orange inside when freshly cut.
• Sliced corms, when exposed to the atmosphere, turn black with oxidation.
• Bears bright yellow star-shaped flowers on long slender stalks.
• The fruit is a capsule that splits across its diameter to expose the small black seeds.
• Dies back in winter.
• Full sun.

Parts Used

• The tuberous rootstock or corm.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Immune Stimulant.
• Helps with Diabetes.
• Prostate problems.
• Anti-cancer properties (like prostate cancer).
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
• Urinary tract disorders including bladder infections.
• TB.
• Arthritis.

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