Asclepias dissona

N. E. Br.

Milk weed

ApocynaceaeLeaves

Asclepias dissona

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Asclepias dissona

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Asclepias dissona

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant.

Africa, Eswatini, Southern Africa, Swaziland,

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

An herb of the Apocynaceae family found in subtropical regions.

References (1)

Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/

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