Raphionacme brownii
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Description
A small herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30 cm high. It has a fleshy turnip-like tuber.
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Edible Uses
The tuber is eaten raw. The roots and fruit are also eaten, particularly by children during famines.
Traditional Uses
The tuber is eaten raw.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in savannah scrubland.
Where It Grows
Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
Cultivation
A plant of the semi-arid tropics.
Other Information
The roots and fruit are eaten by children during famines.
Notes
A small genus.
Also Known As
Dafe, Fiom, Isonda, Katakirri, Rujiya
References (10)
- Anderson, M., 2002, The World Encyclopedia of Cacti and Succulents. Hermes House, New York. p 199 (Genus)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Dalziel, J. M., 1937, The Useful plants of west tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies London.
- Food Composition Tables for use in Africa FAO http://www.fao.org/infoods/directory No. 771
- Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 24
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- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 97
- Lim, T. K., 2015, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs. Springer p 73
- MORTIMORE,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 66
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
