Erucaria pinnata
(Viv.) Tackh. & Boulos
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Stems, Leaves, Flowers
The stems, leaves, and flowers are eaten raw as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows in dry places. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall of 90 mm. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Albania, Angola, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
An annual herb in the Brassicaceae family native to Mediterranean regions, where it grows in dry and arid places with minimal annual rainfall of around 90 mm.
Names & Synonyms
Reboudia pinnata (Viv.) O. Schulz
References (2)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 15th April 2011]
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
