Erucastrum austroafricanum
Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
Sepaile
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Description
An annual herb. It is erect and branched and grows 60 cm tall. The stems have lines along them and are whitish with rough hairs. It has a long stout taproot and a ring of leaves at the base. These are large and deeply lobed. The leaves on the stems have shallow lobes or teeth. The flowers are yellow and 6-8 mm long. They are in dense clusters at the top of the plant. The fruit is long and narrow and curved. It has a beak at the end. The seeds are small and brown. They have a rough surface.
Edible Uses
The young leaves are eaten as a green vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The young leaves are eaten as a green vegetable.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Australia, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Notes
It can be a troublesome weed.
Nutrition
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves | 79 | 188 | 45 | 5.1 | — | — | 27.1 | 1 |
Synonyms
Also Known As
Iqange, Isihlalakuhle, Papasane, Sepaile, Tlhako-ea-khomo, Ugange, Upangi, Usiqwashumbe
References (9)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 136
- Guillarmod, J., 1966, 1971,
- 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
- 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 15th April 2011]
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- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 39
- van Wyk, Be., & Gericke, N., 2007, People's plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza. p 76
- 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
