Albuca major.
Botanical name:
Albuca major Linn. Liliaceae.
South Africa. In Kaffraria, Thunberg says the succulent stalk, which is rather mucilaginous, is chewed by the Hottentots and other travellers by way of quenching thirst.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
