Baccharoides adoensis
(Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) H. Rob.
Shire vernonia
AsteraceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Root
The root is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in open woodland and wooded grassland. It is often near streams.
Africa, Burkina Faso, Central Africa, Congo, East Africa, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, West Africa, Zambia, 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 shrub that has soft wood. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves are alternate and broadly oval. They have strongly wavy edges. The flowers are in several large flower heads on long stalks. They are white and mauve. The have several loose bracts around them.
Medicinal Uses
The bitter leaves are used as a stomachic.
Notes
There are several hundred Vernonia species. They occur throughout the tropics.
Names & Synonyms
Cacalia adoensis KuntzeVernonia adoensis Sch.Bip. ex Walp. [Illegitimate]and others
Vernonia tenoreana Oliv.?
References (3)
- Dalziel, J. M., 1937, The Useful plants of west tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies London.(As Vernonia tenoreana)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 93 (As Vernonia adoensis)
- Pickering, H., & Roe, E., 2009, Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area. Helen Pickering, London. p 41 (As Vernonia adoensis)
