Ipomoea coscinosperma
Hochst. ex Choisy
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(c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Flowers, Stems
The leaves, flowers, and stems are used in sauces.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows between 365-1,360 m above sea level. It grows in damp river sands.
Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Southern Africa, Sudan, 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 spreading annual herb. There are several stems that are often stout and angular. The leaf blade is entire and narrowly sword shaped. The base is wedge shaped or heart shaped. The flowering stems are in the axils of leaves with 1-3 flowers. The flower tube is small and funnel shaped. The fruit is a round smooth capsule. The seeds are brown.
Names & Synonyms
Songoderderta
References (8)
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