Rorippa nudiuscula
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 50 cm long. The leaves at the base are in a ring. The blades are 7 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. There are irregular teeth around the edge. The flowers are in groups at the ends of stems. They are yellow. The fruit are long and thin like a pod and 3.8 cm long. The seeds are in 2 rows
Edible Uses
Young plants are eaten as a potherb.
Traditional Uses
Young plants are eaten as a potherb.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, East Africa, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe,
Other Information
It is a reasonably commonly used food plant.
Nutrition
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves | 82.4 | 197 | 47 | 3.2 | — | — | 12.5 | 1 |
Synonyms
Also Known As
Papasane
References (7)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 139
- Marker & Sheape,
- Letsela, T., et al, 2003, Plant Resources Used for Subsistence in Tsehlanyane and Boking in Lesotho. Economic Botany 57(4): 619-639
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 98
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 40
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- Wehmeyer, A. S, 1986, Edible Wild Plants of Southern Africa. Data on the Nutrient Contents of over 300 species
- 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
