Citation: Ker Gawler, Curtisg Bot. Mag. 16:t. 576 (1802).

Derivation: Dutch babiaan, baboon; because the corms are eaten by baboons.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Deciduous hairy perennial herbs; corm globose with a fibrous tunic extended in a short neck; leaves several, basal, flat, strongly ribbed, contracted at the base into narrow petiole-like sheaths; scape erect, terete, wiry.

Spike dense, short, erect; flowers sessile, solitary in each spathe; bracts short, paired, subequal; perianth tube straight, funnel-shaped above; lobes equal or subequal; stamens inserted on the tube, free; anthers lanceolate, basifixed; style branches 3, entire, flattened, short.

Capsule ovoid; seeds small, numerous. (G. J. Lewis (1959) Jl S. Afr. Bot. Suppl. 3.)

Distribution:  About 60 species in southern Africa and Socotra.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available