Funastrum gracile

(Decne.) Schtldl.

Neek'yek

ApocynaceaeFruitLeavesFlowersShoots

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Stems, Leaves, Fruit, Flowers

The stems and leaves are ground and cooked as a vegetable, typically eaten with salt. The fruit and flowers are also edible.

It is a temperate plant. It grow in semi-arid regions. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.

Argentina, Paraguay, South America*,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A perennial climbing vine in the Apocynaceae family, found in temperate semi-arid regions of Argentina from sea level to 1,000 m elevation.

Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Amphistelma exsertum Griseb.Sarcostemm gracile Decne

References (2)

Arenas, P. and Scarpa, G. F., 2006, Edible wild plants of the Chorote Indians, Gran Chaco, Argentina. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 153 (1): pp 73-85
Scarpa, G. F., 2009, Wild food plants used by the indigenous peoples of South American Gran Chaco: A general synopsis and intercultural comparison. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 83:90-101