Ceropegia rendallii

N. E. Br.

Pagodas

Apocynaceae Edible: Root, Tubers, Leaves 399 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A twining vine plant. It has round white tubers. They are about 3 cm across. The vines are thin and can be 1 m long. The leaves are fleshy and oval. They are greyish-green. The flowers are purple or cream. They are 2-2.5 cm long. They occur in groups of 1- on short stalks.

Edible Uses

The roots are peeled, roasted, and eaten. The tubers and leaves are also edible.

Traditional Uses

The roots are peeled, roasted and eaten.

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Distribution

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in well drained soil. It often grows amongst rocks and on slopes in shady places.

Where It Grows

Africa, Australia, Botswana, East Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa*, Southern Africa, Swaziland, USA, Zimbabwe,

Cultivation

It can be grown from seeds or cuttings. It can also be grown from tubers. Seeds should be sown fresh.

Production

It grows in the desert but tubers are largest in the rainy season.

Notes

Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.

Synonyms

Ceropegia galpinii Schltr.

Also Known As

Serowe

References (6)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 107
Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
Plowes, N. J. & Taylor, F. W., 1997, The Processing of Indigenous Fruits and other Wildfoods of Southern Africa. in Smartt, L. & Haq. (Eds) Domestication, Production and Utilization of New Crops. ICUC p 187
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 23
van Wyk, Be., & Gericke, N., 2007, People's plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza. p 82

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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