Psilotrichum axilliflorum

Suess.

Amaranthaceae Edible: Leaves 1 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb or small shrub. The stems and branches are slender with white hairs. They can lie over and form roots at the nodes. They can be 15-50 cm long. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They taper to a sharp tip. The flowers are in spikes with a few flowers in the axils of the leaves near the base of the stem. These are 2-7 cm long by 1-1.5 cm wide.

Edible Uses

The leaves are edible and can be eaten.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Burundi, Congo DR, East Africa, Rwanda, Uganda,

References (1)

Ojelel, S., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants used by communities in and around selected forest reserves of Teso-Karamoja region, Uganda. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2019) 15:3