Senecio erubescens
Aiton
Groundsel, Mauve ragwort
AsteraceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten as a green vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It can grow in arid places. It is more common in wetlands.
Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, 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
An herb in the Asteraceae family, native to subtropical regions and found in both arid places and wetlands where it is more common.
Names & Synonyms
Chirevereve
Senecio erubescens Aiton var. dichotomus DC.Senecio erubescens Aiton var. lyratusSenecio ianthinus Mattf.Senecio vernonioides Sch. Bip.
References (8)
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- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 92
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 14th April 2011]
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- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
