Ceropegia talbotii
S. Moore
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A slender climber. It grows from a tuberous root-stock. This is a flattened round shape. The flowers are 5 cm long and a blotchy white to purple.
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Edible Uses
Root - raw or cooked. A mild flavour, it is said to taste like the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus). Usually seen as no more than a famine food. The root contains around 95% water and is used as an emergency source of liquid by local people. Young leaves - cooked. An acid flavour.
Traditional Uses
The root is eaten raw or cooked. The young leaves are cooked.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants.
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
