Xysmalobium asperum
N. E. Br.
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Description
A herb. It is like Xysmalobium aceratoides but the leaves taper more to the ends. They have very rough edges. There are fewer flowers and they are greenish yellow.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In Swaziland it grows in the highveld only.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Also Known As
Umdzayana
References (6)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Ogle & Grivetti,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 67
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 28
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
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- 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
