Hydrophyllum auriculata
(Schumach.) Heine
Boraginaceae Edible: Plant - salt
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A herb. It grows 50 cm to 1 m tall. Leaves occur in a ring around the nodes. They are hairy. It has spines. The flowers are violet. They are in clumps at the nodes.
Edible Uses
The dried plant is burned and the ash is used as a salt substitute.
Traditional Uses
The dry plants are burnt and the ash used as salt.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. In Ethiopia it grows between 500-2,100 m above sea level.
References (1)
- Awas, T., 1997, A Study on the Ecology and Ethnobotany of Non-cultivated Food Plants and Wild Relatives of Cultivated crops in Gambella Region, Southwestern Ethiopia. Addis Ababa University. p 36
