Rumex steudelii
Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Polygonaceae Edible: Leaves
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 2 m high. It has a stout rootstock. The leaves are long and strap shaped. The flowers are on long loose groups.
Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are eaten cooked.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in the mountain regions in West and Central Africa.
Where It Grows
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa,
Notes
There are about 200 Rumex species.
Synonyms
Rumex bequaertii De Willd.Rumex nepalensis Spreng.Rumex steudelianus Meisn.
Also Known As
Kapserereyuek, Qakazea
References (14)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Bussman, R. W., 2006, Ethnobotany of the Samburu of Mt. Nyiru, South Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2:35
- FAO, 1988, Traditional Food Plants, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 42. FAO Rome p 430
- FAO, 1988, Traditional Food Plants, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 42. FAO Rome p 433 (As Rumex bequaertii)
- Glover et al, 1966b,
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- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 98
- Martin, F.W. & Ruberte, R.M., 1979, Edible Leaves of the Tropics. Antillian College Press, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. p 214
- Marshall, F., Agriculture and Use of Wild and Weedy Greens by the Piik ap Oom Okiek of Kenya. Economic Botany, Vo. 55, No. 1, pp. 32-47
- Maundu, P. et al, 1999, Traditional Food Plants of Kenya. National Museum of Kenya. 288p
- Okigbo, B.N., Vegetables in Tropical Africa, in Opena, R.T. & Kyomo, M.L., 1990, Vegetable Research and development in SADCC countries. Asian Vegetable Research and development Centre. Taiwan. p 45
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 163
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 91
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- Williamson, J., 2005, Useful Plants of Malawi. 3rd. Edition. Mdadzi Book Trust. p 218
