Normandiodendron romii
(De Willd.) J. Leonard
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What to Eat
Young leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable, or used to make a tea drink.
Where to Find It
Leaves, Vegetable,
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree in the Fabaceae family. The young leaves are traditionally cooked and eaten as a vegetable or made into a tea drink.
Other Information
Fabaceae
Notes
A shrub or small tree.
Names & Synonyms
Ikumbo, Shofa, Yopha
Leonardoxa romii
References (2)
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 563
- Termote, C., et al, 2011, Eating from the wild: Turumbu, Mbole and Bali traditional knowledge of non-cultivated edible plants, District Tshopo, DRCongo, Gen Resourc Crop Evol. 58:585-618
