Thunbergia dregeana
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Description
A herb. It has straggling slender stems. It has some soft hairs. The leaf stalks are 1-3 cm long. The leaf blade in triangle shaped. The base is heart shaped. The leaves can be 5 cm long and 5 cm wide. The flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves. They have a tube 2 cm long and widen to 3 cm across. The fruit is hard and round. It is 7 mm across. It splits in half and has hard tapering beaks.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Medicinal Uses
Used in medicine.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Notes
It is used in medicine.
References (3)
- Cunningham, 1985,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 45
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
