Huernia sp.
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Description
It is a stick like plant without leaves. It grows 10-25 cm high. It can be cultivated on stone walls dividing fields.
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Edible Uses
The plant is cooked and eaten.
Traditional Uses
It is cooked and eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It is drought tolerant.
Where It Grows
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia,
Cultivation
It is grown by cuttings.
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Also Known As
Baqibaqa
References (1)
- Guinand, Y., & Lemessa, D., 2000, Wild-food Plants in Southern Ethiopia. University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center. UN-EUE Addis Ababa.
