Schubertia schreiteri
Desc. & T. Mey.
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Description
A perennial creeping plant in the Apocynaceae family (also classified in Asclepiadaceae) native to temperate Argentina at 500-1,000 m elevation. The leaves, flowers, and fruits are all edible parts.
Edible Uses
The unripe fruits are eaten with salt or fish fats, and the leaves and flowers are also consumed.
Traditional Uses
The unripe fruit are eaten with salt. The fruit are eaten with fish fats. The leaves and flowers are eaten.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from 500-1,000 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Argentina, Paraguay, South Africa, Southern Africa, South America*,
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Also Known As
Heshini, Teshini
References (2)
- Arenas, P. and Scarpa, G. F., 2006, Edible wild plants of the Chorote Indians, Gran Chaco, Argentina. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 153 (1): pp 73-85
- Scarpa, G. F., 2009, Wild food plants used by the indigenous peoples of South American Gran Chaco: A general synopsis and intercultural comparison. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 83:90-101
