Rhynchosia hirsuta
Eckl. & Zeyh.
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Description
A shrub in the legume family that is rare in Swaziland.
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Edible Uses
The roots are chewed raw and valued for their sweet flavour.
Traditional Uses
The roots are chewed raw for their sweet flavour.
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Distribution
It is rare in Swaziland.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, South Africa*, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
References (6)
- Guillarmod, J., 1981,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 137
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 60
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora (As Schinz)
- van Wyk, Ben-Erik, 2019, The diversity and multiple uses of southern African legumes. Australian Systematic Botany, 2019, 32, 519–546
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- 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
