Conyza scabrida

DC.

Albany gall-stick bush

Asteraceae Edible: Leaves

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Description

A shrub. It can grow 1.2 m high. The stems have soft hairs. The leaves are on slender leaf stalks 1 cm long. The leaves are 6 cm long by 2 cm wide. They are narrowly sword shaped and have 3 veins from the base.

Edible Uses

The leaves are cooked and used as a vegetable.

Traditional Uses

Leaves are cooked and used as a vegetable.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 5-1,920 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.

Where It Grows

Africa, Botswana, East Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,

Synonyms

Conyza ivifolia (L.) Less.Pluchea scabrida DC.Baccharis ivaefolia L.

Also Known As

Isavu, Ndilela, Uhlabu, Umanzimnyama

References (2)

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 11th April 2011]
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 33