Salvia schimperi
Benth.
LamiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit - oil, Plant - flavouring
The fruit oil and plant material are used for flavoring.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia,
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
Salvia schimperi is a tropical herb in the mint family (Lamiaceae) used for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
Names & Synonyms
Yewisha-dinbilal
References (2)
- Asfaw, Z. and Tadesse, M., 2001, Prospects for Sustainable Use and Development of Wild Food Plants in Ethiopia. Economic Botany, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 47-62
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
