Gynura amplexicaulis

Oliv. & Hiern

AsteraceaeLeavesPotential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves - flavouring

The leaves are used as a flavouring.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, West Africa, Zambia,

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 herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-100 cm high. It has an unpleasant musky smell. It has a tuberous rootstock. The tubers are 10 cm long by 5 cm across. The stems are fleshy. The leaves are in rings. The leaves at the base are spoon shaped and 4-22 cm long by 3-11 cm wide.