Asclepias humilis
(E. Mey.) Schltr.
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Description
A tropical herb in the Apocynaceae family.
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Edible Uses
The rootstock is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Southern Africa,
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Synonyms
References (4)
- Guillarmod, J., 1971,
- 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 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
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