Ipomoea coscinosperma

Hochst. ex Choisy

Convolvulaceae Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Stems 2 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A spreading annual herb. There are several stems that are often stout and angular. The leaf blade is entire and narrowly sword shaped. The base is wedge shaped or heart shaped. The flowering stems are in the axils of leaves with 1-3 flowers. The flower tube is small and funnel shaped. The fruit is a round smooth capsule. The seeds are brown.

Edible Uses

The leaves, flowers, and stems are used in sauces.

Traditional Uses

The leaves, flowers and stems are used in sauces.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 365-1,360 m above sea level. It grows in damp river sands.

Where It Grows

Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Southern Africa, Sudan, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Also Known As

Songoderderta

References (8)

Addis, G., Asfaw, Z & Woldu, Z., 2013, Ethnobotany of Wild and Semi-wild Edible Plants of Konso Ethnic Community, South Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 11:121-141
Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.
Lulekal, E., et al, 2011, Wild edible plants in Ethiopia: a review on their potential to combat food insecurity. Afrika Focus - Vol. 24, No 2. pp 71-121
Ogle & Grivetti, 1985,
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 94

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Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 46
von Katja Rembold, 2011, Conservation status of the vascular plants in East African rain forests. Dissertation Universitat Koblenz-Landau p 170
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