Conyza scabrida
DC.
Albany gall-stick bush
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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
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
