Ipomoea transvaalensis
Meeuse
Transvall orange seeded morning glory
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tuber, Root
Roots - raw or cooked. The younger ones are often eaten raw, older ones either cooked or dried and ground to a powder. The roots are rather fibrous, traditionally they would be chewed and the fibrous portion spat out. If the root is dried and powdered, the fibre can be separated by sieving prior to cooking
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
A climbing herb. It can grow 2-3 m long. It has annual stems from a long tuber. The leaf blade can be triangle shaped or oval. They are 2-8 cm long by 105 cm wide. The flowers occur singly or in groups or 2. They are funnel shaped and 4-6 cm long.
Nutrition Score: 38/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubers | 91.8 | 1246 | 298 | 2.3 | — | — | — | — |
Notes
subsp. orientalis in Zimbabwe.
References (6)
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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 96
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- 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
