Asclepias fulva
N. E. Br.
Button heads
ApocynaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
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
A subtropical herbaceous plant with edible leaves.
Names & Synonyms
Inkhokhabovu, Lichogina
Asclepias calceolus S. MooreAsclepias deregeana var. calceolus (S. Moore) N.E. Br.Asclepias deregeana var. sordida N.E. Br.Asclepias dregeana Schltr.Asclepias rubicunda Schltr.Asclepias viridiflora (E. Mey.) Goyder [Illegitimate]Gomphocarpus viridiflorus (E. Mey.) Decne. [Illegitimate]Pachycarpus fulvus (N.E.Br.) Bullock
Pachycarpus viridiflorus E. Mey.Xysmalobium viridiflorum (E. Mey.) D. Dietr.
References (1)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/ (As Asclepias dregeana)
