Guilleminea densa

(Roem. & Schult.) Moq.

Amaranthaceae Edible: Leaves 2,084 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb. It is a woolly plant and forms mats. It lies along the ground. The mats spread about 70 cm across. It has a thickened rootstock and stems branch from the base. The leaves are narrowly oval and smooth on the upper surface but with white woolly hairs underneath. The flowers are dense oval and whitish.

Edible Uses

The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in open disturbed sites near roads. It can grow on gravels and sand. It grows between 400-1,600 m altitude. It can grow in arid places. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 3,000 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Africa, Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Central America, East Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, North America, South Africa, Southern Africa, South America, USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Nutrition

Part	Moisture	kJ	kcal	Protein	Vit A	Vit C	Iron	Zinc
Leaves	54	342	82	13	—	—	—	—

Synonyms

Brayulinea densa (Willd.) SmallGuilleminea illecebroides KunthIllecebrum densum Roem. & Schult.

References (6)

Checklist of NT Vascular Plant Species. January 2003.
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 25th March 2011]
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 11
Singh, A., 2009, Bioactivity of Famine Food Plants from the family: Amaranthaceae. University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. Masters Degree Thesis. p 14
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

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