Crassula vaginata
Eckl. & Zeyh.
White stonecrop
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Description
A succulent herb. It can grow 90 cm high. It forms clumps about 90 cm across. The stem rises from a fleshy swollen tuber. The stem is straight and erect and simple. The leaves are 3-26 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They are narrow. The leaves near the base are the longest. The flowers are in a dense head. This can be 2-22 cm across. The fruit is a follicle with small seeds.
Edible Uses
The roots are ground up and made into porridge.
Traditional Uses
The roots are ground up and made into porridge.
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Medicinal Uses
Used as a famine food.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows on mountain slopes among rocks and in grassland. It grows up to 2,680 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Africa, Angola, Cameroon, Central Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Other Information
It is a famine food.
Nutrition
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit | 74.4 | 333 | 80 | 4 | — | 11.4 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
Synonyms
References (7)
- Chapman, J. D. & Chapman, H. M., 2001, The Forest Flora of Taraba and Andamawa States, Nigeria. WWF & University of Canterbury. p 173
- Flora Zambesiaca. http://apps.kew.org/efloras
- Fowler, D. G., 2007, Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses. Kew. p 79
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 164
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
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- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 47
- 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
