Aspidoglossum interruptum
(E. Mey.) Bullock
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Description
An annual herb. It grows 40 cm high. It grows from a woody rootstock and can keep growing from year to year.
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Edible Uses
The roots are edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet savannah grassland.
Where It Grows
Africa, Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, West Africa,
Synonyms
Gomphocarpus inerruptus (E. Mey.) D. Dietr.Lagarinthus interruptus E. Mey.Schizoglossum altissimum Schltr.Schizoglossum interruptum (E. Mey.) Schltr.and others
References (7)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 116 (As Schizoglossum interruptum)
- Global Plants JSTOR
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 21
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- 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
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
