Piaranthus decipiens
(N.E.Br.) Bruyns
Apocynaceae Edible: The fruit are eaten as a snack or as a savoury preserve. 4 iNaturalist observations
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Description
A plant in the Apocynaceae family with edible fruit.
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Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten as a snack or prepared as a savoury preserve.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten as a snack or as a savoury preserve.
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Where It Grows
Africa, Botswana, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Synonyms
Huerniopsis decipiens N. E. Br.Pieranthus grivanus N. E. Br.
References (5)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 118 (As Huerniopsis decipiens)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 64 (As Huerniopsis decipiens)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 26
- Tanaka, 1980, (As Huerniopsis decipiens)
- 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
