Pyrenacantha scandens
(Thunb.) Planch. ex Harv.
IcacinaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa,
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 climbing plant. It grows 3 m long. The leaf stalks are hairy. The leaves are 5-10 cm long by 2.5-6.5 cm wide. They vary in shape. The flowers are in spikes in the axils of leaves. The fruit is fleshy and 1.8 cm long.
Names & Synonyms
Blouboktoutjie, Umkhokhthwane
Cavanilla scandens Thunb.Moldenhauera scandens (Thunb.) Spreng.
References (2)
- Cunningham, 1985,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 116
