Solanecio angulatus
(Vahl) C. Jeffrey
Lobeleaf canary-creeper
AsteraceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Vegetable
The leaves are cut and cooked as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Comoros, Congo DR, Congo R, East Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, 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, Saudi Arabia, 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 creeping succulent herb of the Asteraceae family that can grow up to 3 m long. It is occasionally cultivated in tropical regions.
Medicinal Uses
The whole plant is used in the treatment of syphilis.
Other Information
It is occasionally cultivated.
Names & Synonyms
Izimya, Limandi susu, Lulaka lu ngombi, Mpozia, Ngondi longo, Ojambo
Cacalia angulata Vahl [Illegitimate]Crassocephalum bojeri (DC.) RobynsCrassocephalum subscandens (Hochst. ex Rich.) S. MooreGynura fischeri O. Hoffm.Senecio bojeri DC.Senecio gabonicus Oliv. & HiernSenecio subscandens Hochst. ex A. Rich.
References (7)
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 470
- Latham, P., 2004, Useful Plants of Bas-Congo province. Salvation Army & DFID p 257
- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 89
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 123 (As Senecio gabonicus)
