Ceropegia pygmaea
Schinz
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Roots, Tubers
The root tubers are roasted.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, 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 twining herb. It grows 1-3 stems each year. It produces a tuber 3-5 cm across. The leaves are oval or spoon shaped and 3-10 cm long. They can be hairy. There are 1-3 flowers in a group.
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Brachystelma gymnopodum (Schltr.) BruynsCeropegia gymnopoda Schltr.Ceropegia pumila N. E. Br.Ceropegia pygmaea Schinz
References (6)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 108
- Maguire, 1978,
- Marshall, 1976,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 62
- Plowes, N. J. & Taylor, F. W., 1997, The Processing of Indigenous Fruits and other Wildfoods of Southern Africa. in Smartt, L. & Haq. (Eds) Domestication, Production and Utilization of New Crops. ICUC p 187
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (As Ceropegia gymnopoda)
