Ruellia patula
Jacq.
AcanthaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are edible and consumed as food.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Asia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, SE Asia, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb or shrub. It is slightly woody. The leaf stalks are 1.2 cm long. The leaves are oval and the edges are wavy. They are 2.5 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. The flowers are white. They are funnel shaped.
Names & Synonyms
Boboyta, Nagaar
References (7)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
- Herb., E. A., 1981,
- Molla, A., Ethiopian Plant Names. http://www.ethiopic.com/aplants.htm
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 45
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
- Teklehaymanot, T., 2017, An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and edible plants of Yalo Woreda in Afar regional state, Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 13:40
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
