Vangueria pygmaea
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Summary
Source: WikipediaVangueria pygmaea is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae.
Description
A small shrub. It has a woody rootstock and short irregular branches arise from this. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 11 cm long by 3 cm wide. They are more pale underneath. The leaves are crowded towards the ends of branches. The flower is a tube with barrow pointed lobes. The fruit is 2.5 cm across.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten as a snack, especially by children.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in grassland and sandy soils and on termite mounds between 1,170-2,280 m above sea level. In Swaziland it grows in the high veld only.
Where It Grows
Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Malawi, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Other Information
The fruit are especially eaten by children.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Imyimandlebe, Mabilofasane, Mmilofasane, Mushisha, Umkhuna, Umkukuzela, Umvimbandlebe
References (9)
- Fowler, D. G., 2007, Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses. Kew. p 84 (As Pachystigma pygmaeum)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 323 (As Pachystigma pygmaeum)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/ (As Pachystigma pygmaeum)
- Mashile,S. P., et al, 2019, Indigenous fruit plants species of the Mapulana of Ehlanzeni district in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 180–183
- Ogle & Grivetti, 1985, (As Pachystigma pygmaeum)
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- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 172 (As Pachystigma pygmaeum)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 97 (As Pachystigma pygmaeum)
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora (As Pachystigma pygmaeum)
- 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 (As Pachystigma pygmaeum)
