Asclepias gibba
(E. Mey.) Schltr.
Horned turret flower
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Description
A herb. It grows 8-25 cm tall. It branches at the base. The leaves are 2-8 cm long by 1-6 cm wide.
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Edible Uses
The roots are eaten as a snack and vegetable, and the leaves are eaten as a snack and vegetable. The roots serve as a famine food. The flowers are also edible.
Traditional Uses
The roots are eaten as a snack and a vegetable. The leaves are eaten as a snack and a vegetable.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Other Information
The roots are a famine food.
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Mantsokoane
References (7)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 106
- Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 65
- Guillarmod, J., 1971,
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/ (As var. gibba)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 61
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- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 21
- 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
