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Zygotritonia bongensis is a small tuberous perennial in the iris family, native to tropical West Africa, grown mainly as a wild or medicinal herb rather than an ornamental. It grows from corm-like underground stems and does best with a dry rest period and good drainage.
Zygotritonia bongensis is a perennial herb of the Iridaceae family. It is locally known as baka among the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria and it used by their traditional healers to treat diarrhea and dysentery. It is also considered a famine food as corms can be eaten during famine. Other names of the herb include Zygotritonia crocea (stapf).
Native to West Tropical Africa, found in Nigeria, Ghana, Chad, Central African Republic, Benin and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
