Tridentea marientalensis
(Nel) Leach
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Description
A succulent herb. The stems are unevenly 4 angled. They are dull greyish green. The flowers are brown and yellow. The flowers are produced on special outcrops in the angles of the stems.
Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten raw or cooked, and the leaves are also edible.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw or cooked.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in dry soils. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Other Information
It is a famine food.
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Synonyms
Stapelia marientalensis Nel
References (7)
- Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 75
- Keith, M. E. & Renew, A., 1975, Notes on some edible wild plants found in the Kalahari. Koedoe 18:1-12
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 67 (As Stapelia marientalensis)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 4th April 2011]
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 28
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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
