Hibiscus meeusei

Exell

Small-flowered kenaf

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It usually grows in disturbed places and waste land.

Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, 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 herb. It can grow for one or two years. It grows about 1 m tall. It is usually branched from the base. The leaf stalk is 12 cm long. The leaves have 3-5 lobes spread out like fingers on a hand. The flowers are 3-6 cm across. They are yellow with a dark red centre. The fruit is a capsule 15 mm long by 12 mm wide. It is cone shaped. The seeds have small scales.

Names & Synonyms

Sosoori, Ugangampunza

References (5)

Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 70
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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 144
Scudder, 1971,
www.zimbabweflora.co.zw 2011

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