Conservation Status
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Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
Uses - food
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This is an edible orchid. Its tubers are collected from the wild and prepared into a meatless sausage called chinaka. The chinaka is eaten as relish or just as a snack. The tubers are traded within Malawi and across Tanzania and Zambia.
Derivation of specific name
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zombica: of Zomba in malawi, where the type specimen was found
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa zombica N.E. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117470
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- Mark Hyde
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Worldwide distribution
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Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa zombica N.E. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117470
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Disa zombica: Brief Summary
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Disa zombica is a species of orchid (family Orchidaceae), native to eastern and southern Tropical Africa. Its roots are edible and are made into a delicacy called chinaka in Malawi.
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