Tolpis capensis
(L.) Schultz.-Bip.
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Description
A herb. It is slightly hairy. It can keep growing from year to year. The leaves are oval and blunt. They are 3 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. The flower heads are in loose clusters. These are on a common slender stalk 30 cm long. They are yellow.
Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a spinach.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a spinach.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Angola, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo, East Africa, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Fukuthoane
References (9)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 128
- Guillarmod, J., 1971,
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 92
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 14th April 2011]
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- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 37
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
- 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
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
