WILD GARLIC PUPLE FLOWER (Tulbachia violaceae) - 15 SEEDS

A stemless, perennial plant producing rosettes of leaves that grow from a cluster of small bulbs 
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. 

Range   South  Africa

The flowers are very fragrant at night, the whole plant has a garlic-like aroma

Edible Uses

Leaves and stems - raw or cooked. A mild garlic flavour, they are used as a flavouring in soups and salads

Flowers - raw or cooked. They can be added to salads, used as a garnish or as a flavouring in cooked foods

The flowers are very ornamental, they have an onion-like heat in the mouth

The Zulus use the leaves and flowers as spinach and as a hot, peppery seasoning with meat and potatoes.

Medicinal

The leaves are used to treat cancer of the oesophagus.  They also use the bulb to make an aphrodisiac medicine.

Wild garlic is a very good snake repellent and for this reason the Zulus plant it around their homes.

A decoction of the bulbs is used in the treatment of intestinal worms