Canthium ciliatum
(D. Dietr.) Kuntze
Fringed turkey berry, Dwarf turkey-berry
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Description
A shrub. It grows 3 m high. The branches are slender. The leaves are well spaced and in twos or threes. There are slender spines 1.5 cm long in the axils of some leaves. The leaf blade is oval but square at the base and narrowing to the tip. Leaves are 4 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. The flowers occur singly with a slender stalk 1.5 cm long. The flowers are bell shaped.
Edible Uses
The fruit and seeds are eaten as a snack.
Traditional Uses
The fruit and seeds are eaten as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Notes
There are about 60-200 Canthium species.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Fluweelklipels, Hairy turkey-berry, Mulumekhoda, Mvutfwamini, Mvutwamira
References (9)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 328
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Magwede, K., van Wyk, B.-E., & van Wyk, A. E., 2019, An inventory of Vhavenḓa useful plants. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 57–89
- Ogle & Grivetti, 1985,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 168
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- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 95
- 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
- www.theplantlist.org
