Asclepias cucullata
(Schltr.) Schltr.
Hooded meadow star
ApocynaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Swaziland, 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 slender herb. It has 1-3 annual stems. It grows 35 cm tall. These grow from a fleshy rootstock. The stems have milky sap. The leaves are opposite and do not have stalks. They are narrow and 10 cm long. They have short stiff hairs on both surfaces. The edges are rolled under. The flowers are in groups of 3-6 near the ends of stems.
Names & Synonyms
Gomphocarpus cucullatus Schltr.Trachycalymma cucullatum (Schltr.) Bullock
References (1)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
