Crabbea velutina
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 20 cm high. It has one flower. The leaves arise from the base and do not have stalks. They are sword shaped or strap shaped. They taper at both ends. There are velvety hairs on the leaves. The leaves are 8 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. The flowers are 6 cm across. They are white with a yellow centre.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten as a food.
Distribution
It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in the rainforest and also in dry grassland. It suits humid locations. It grows in the highveld in Swaziland.
Where It Grows
Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia,
Also Known As
Mbatyaimeku
References (5)
- Fowler, D. G., 2007, Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses. Kew. p 75
- Herb., E. A., 1981,
- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 44
- Pickering, H., & Roe, E., 2009, Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area. Helen Pickering, London. p 14
