Cleome iberidella
Welw. ex Oliv.
CleomaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Vegetable
The leaves are occasionally cooked as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows at higher altitudes between 1,000-1,600 m altitude. It grows in sandy soil near water.
Africa, Angola, Botswana, Central Africa, Gabon, Nigeria, South 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
This may be a variant of Cleome rutidosperma. It is a herb 50 cm tall. It has a few branches. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. The leaflets are narrowly sword shaped and 1-4 cm long and 3-8 mm wide. The flowers are pink.
Names & Synonyms
Cleome fritzschae Gilg & BenedictCleome montana A. Chev. ex KeayCleome mullendersii R. Wilczek
References (2)
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 196
- Jansen, P.C.M., 2004. Cleome rutidosperma DC. [Internet] Record from Protabase. Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa), Wageningen, Netherlands. < http://database.prota.org/search.htm>. Accessed 14 October 2009.
