Asclepias densiflora
N. E. Br.
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Description
A herb or shrub. It grows 24 cm high. It has a fleshy tuber under the ground and annual stems grow from this. It branches at the base and the branches lean outwards. These bend upwards and have flowers at the ends. The stems have milky sap. The leaf blade is triangle shaped. and 5 cm long by 2 cm wide. There are about 15 flowers in a cluster. They are white.
Edible Uses
The young leaves are cooked and eaten.
Traditional Uses
The young leaves are cooked and eaten.
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Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Notes
There are 100 Asclepias species.
Also Known As
Munhenzwa, Munenzva
References (8)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Ogle & Grivetti, 1985,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 61
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 20
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
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- Tredgold, M.H., 1986, Food Plants of Zimbabwe. Mambo Press. p 36
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
- Wild, 1975,
