Polemanniopsis marlothii

(H. Wolff ex Engl.) B. L. Burtt

Apiaceae Edible: Root 4 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A shrub. It grows 4 m tall. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand. They are 4 cm long by 2 cm wide. They have teeth around the edge. It loses its leaves at flowering time. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are oblong.

Edible Uses

The root is cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Traditional Uses

The root is cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on sandstone slopes.

Where It Grows

Africa, South Africa*, Southern Africa,

Synonyms

Annesorhiza marlothii (H. Wolff) M. HiroePolemannia marlothii H. Wolff ex Engl.

References (2)

Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 20
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