Lepidium pinnatum
Thunb.
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Description
A shrubby herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40 cm tall. The leaves on the stem are 2-7 cm long. They have lobes.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa,
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 39
- 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
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