Ceropegia campanulata

G. Don

Apocynaceae Edible: Root, Leaves

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Peter B. Phillipson

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Peter B. Phillipson

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Peter B. Phillipson

Description

A herb. It grows 15 cm tall from a tuber. The flowers are dark purple and 5 cm long.

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Edible Uses

Root - raw or cooked. A mild flavour, it is said to taste like the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus). Usually seen as no more than a famine food. The root contains around 95% water and is used as an emergency source of liquid by local people. Young leaves - cooked. An acid flavour.

Traditional Uses

The root is cooked and eaten. The young leaves are cooked and eaten.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Ghana, Mali, West Africa,

Notes

It is mostly water.

Synonyms

Ceropegia abinsica N. E. Br.Ceropegia dalzielii N. E. Br. Ceropegia hepburnii Hutch. & DalzielCeropegia kerstingii K. Schum.Ceropegia tamalensis W. B. Sm.