Testudinaria elephantipes

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Testudinaria elephantipes in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Testudinaria elephantipes, Salisb. Rootstock studded with angular woody protuberances, sometimes 1-3 ft. diam.: sts. slender, glabrous, much branched, twining, 8-10 ft. high: lvs. suborbicular, bright green or glaucous, mucronate: fls. small, inconspicuous, the racemes greenish yellow or whitish. S. Afr. B.M. 1347 (as Tamus. B.R. 921.—The globular yam-like bulb or rootstock sometimes weighs 100 pounds. The inner part of this "bulb" has been compared to a turnip for texture and color. The Hottentots used to cut it in pieces, bake it in the embers and eat it. Old and grotesque bulbs have been brought from time to time from the Cape as curiosities. The plant is of easy cult. in a cool greenhouse. No method of prop. by the bulb is known. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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