Lepidium niloticum
(Delile) Sieber
BrassicaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
It is eaten as a salad, using the leaves.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Africa, Egypt, North Africa,
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 in the Brassicaceae family that grows in Mediterranean climates.
Names & Synonyms
Cochlearia nilotica DelileCoronopus niloticus (Delile) Spreng.Coronopus raddii SaviCotyliscus niloticus (Delile) Desv.Senebiera nilotica (Delile) DC.
References (1)
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 603 (As Coronopus nilotica)
