Acmella caulirhiza

Delile

Asteraceae Edible: Leaves, Vegetable 103 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The pods are flattened.

Edible Uses

The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 750-3,100 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Africa, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, East Africa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, South Africa, Swaziland, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia,

Synonyms

Eclipta filicaulis Schumach. & Thonn.Spilanthes abyssinica Sch. Bip. ex A. RichSpilanthes africana DC.Spilanthes caulirhiza (Delile) DC.Spilanthes caulirhiza var. madagascariensis DC.Spilanthes filicaulis (Schumach. & Thonn.) C. D. AdamsSpilanthes mauritiana f. madagascariensis (DC.) A. H. Moore

Also Known As

Goorisa

References (3)

Gemedo-Dalle, T., et al, 2005, Plant Biodiversity and Ethnobotany of Borana Pastoralists in Southern Oromia, Ethiopia. Economic Botany 59(1) pp. 43-65
Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 35, 559
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