Disa verdickii De Wild.

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Disa verdickii

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Species id: 209460
Image id:2
Image number:27552
Photographer: N Wightman
Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen:0
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Record details:

Record id:79792
Date: 20 Jan 2017
Recorder(s):N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
Collector(s):
Determiner(s):MG Bingham
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Herbarium:
Habitat: Dambo/Grassland
Location: Roadside dambo between Mwinilunga and Solwezi (Mwinilunga Distr., Northwestern Province)
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Planted code: Not planted
Country: Zambia
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FZ divisions: W
Altitude (metres): 0
Notes: Tubers of this species are used in the preparation of a local Zambian dish called Chikanda with wild populations threatened by overharvesting.
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Location accuracy code: 0

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Species information: individual images: Disa verdickii.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/image-display.php?species_id=209460&image_id=2, retrieved 5 December 2025

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