Orbea carnosa subsp. keithii
(Stent) Bruyns, (R. A. Dyer) Bruyns
Keith's thick boat
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Plant, Root, Stem
The plant, stems, and roots are eaten fresh as a snack or cooked as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 300-1,200 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, 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
Keith's thick boat is a low-growing succulent from subtropical highlands (300–1,200 m elevation) with stolons or runners, reaching 60 mm high.
Names & Synonyms
Caralluma keithii R.A.DyerPachycymbium keithii (R. A. Dyer) L. C. Leach
References (3)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 25
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
