Jasminum fluminense
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Vegetable
The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry thickets in the lowlands and uplands in West Africa.
Africa, Arabia, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Central Africa, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Middle East, Mozambique, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa, West Indies, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
A bushy shrub or a woody creeper. It has twining stems. It grows 6 m long. The leaves have 3 leaflets. They can have white hairs on both surfaces. The leaflets are oval and 1-6 cm long by 1-4 cm for the side leaflets and the end leaflet is 3-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are in groups at the ends of the plant. The plant varies a lot.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Jasminum fluminense is a species of vine plant. It mainly grows in the seasonally dry tropical biomes. It is a native species to various countries in Africa and Arabia; and an invasive species in parts of the Americas.
Names & Synonyms
Ambahu, Kamemena
References (9)
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