Ceropegia filiformis
(Burch.) Schltr.
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Description
A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 15-80 cm long. There are clusters of fibrous succulent roots. The stem re-grows each year and is twining. The leaves are narrow and 7 cm long by 1 cm wide. The flowers hang down and develop from each node.
Edible Uses
The roots are eaten as a snack or cooked as a vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The root is eaten as a snack and also cooked as a vegetable.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows on gravelly flats.
Where It Grows
Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Synonyms
Ceropegia infundibuliformis E. Mey.Systrepha filiforme Burch.
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 23
- 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
