Solanecio angulatus
(Vahl) C. Jeffrey
Lobeleaf canary-creeper
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Description
A creeping succulent herb of the Asteraceae family that can grow up to 3 m long. It is occasionally cultivated in tropical regions.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are cut and cooked as a vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used as a cooked vegetable. They are cut then cooked.
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Medicinal Uses
The whole plant is used in the treatment of syphilis.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Comoros, Congo DR, Congo R, East Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe,
Other Information
It is occasionally cultivated.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Izimya, Limandi susu, Lulaka lu ngombi, Mpozia, Ngondi longo, Ojambo
References (7)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 470
- Latham, P., 2004, Useful Plants of Bas-Congo province. Salvation Army & DFID p 257
- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 89
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- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 123 (As Senecio gabonicus)
