Asclepias densiflora
N. E. Br.
ApocynaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The young leaves are cooked and eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb or shrub. It grows 24 cm high. It has a fleshy tuber under the ground and annual stems grow from this. It branches at the base and the branches lean outwards. These bend upwards and have flowers at the ends. The stems have milky sap. The leaf blade is triangle shaped. and 5 cm long by 2 cm wide. There are about 15 flowers in a cluster. They are white.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Notes
There are 100 Asclepias species.
Names & Synonyms
Munhenzwa, Munenzva
References (8)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
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- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 61
- 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
- Tredgold, M.H., 1986, Food Plants of Zimbabwe. Mambo Press. p 36
- 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
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