Ipomoea plebeia
R. Br.
ConvolvulaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are cooked as a vegetable, typically boiled several times before eating.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 1,525 m above sea level.
Africa, Angola, Australia, Botswana, Central Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,
Countries: Angola, Australia, 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 climbing herb. It is thinly hairy. The leaf stalks are 2 cm long. The leaf blade is broadly heart shaped at the base. It is 5 cm long. The flowers occur as a few together in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are white. There are 2 subspecies.
Notes
subspecies africana in Africa.
Names & Synonyms
Ataajunyuk, Boloko, Umzazabuka, Uombensanie
Ipomoea cardiosepala Baker & Wright
References (9)
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- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
- Teklehaymanot, T., and Mirutse Giday, M., 2010, Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants of Kara and Kwego semi-pastoralist people in Lower Omo River Valley, Debub Omo Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2010, 6:23
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
