Notobubon laevigatum

(Aiton) Magee

Large wild carrot

Apiaceae Edible: Leaves 206 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb or shrub. It is a stiffly erect plant and grows 1.2 m high. The stem have leaves along its length. The leaves can be 12 cm long. They end with 3 close leaflets. There can be 1 or 2 pairs of leaflets along the axis. The leaflets are sword shaped. They are 5 cm long by 2 cm wide. The flowers are in a branched clusters. They are yellow. The fruit is flat and 6 mm long by 4 mm wide.

Edible Uses

The leaves are cooked and eaten.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are cooked and eaten.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,

Synonyms

Laserpitium capense Thunb.Peucedanum capense (Thunb.) Sond.Peucedanum virgatum Cham. & Schltdl.and several others

Also Known As

Intlashane

References (8)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 88 (As Peucedanum capense)
W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder, Fl. cap. 2:554. 1862, nom. cons. (As Peucedanum capense)
Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 94 (As Peucedanum capense)
Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/ (As Peucedanum capense)
Martin, F.W. & Ruberte, R.M., 1979, Edible Leaves of the Tropics. Antillian College Press, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. p 222 (As Peucedanum capense)

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Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 20
Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora (As Peucedanum capense)
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