Riocreuxia burchellii

K. Schum.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are cooked as a potherb.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows on termite mounds.

Africa, Angola, Burundi, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Southern 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 tall straggling climber. The stems are twining and hairy. The leaves are simple and fleshy. They are broad at the base and taper to the tip. The flowers are in groups of 1-3 on the side of each node of the branches. They are tube shaped. The fruit is a slender follicle. It is broad at the base and tapers to the tip.

Notes

There are 8 Riocreuxia species. These are closely linked to Ceropegia.

Names & Synonyms

Koeiriempies

Ceropegia burchellii (K. Schum.) Huber subsp. profusa (N. E. Br.) Huber Riocreuxia polyantha Schltr.

References (5)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 113
Guillarmod, J., 1971,
Ogle & Grivetti, 1985,
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 66
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 27

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