Narcissus sp.

Botanical name: 

Narcissus sp.? Amaryllideae. Narcissus.

On the upper Nile, Grant n found a narcissus about eight inches high, with white flowers having a waxy, yellow corona and with leaves tasting of onions. The leaves, cooked with mashed ground-nuts, he says, make a delicious spinach.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.