Begonia sciaphila

Gilg. ex Engl.

BegoniaceaeLeaves

Begonia sciaphila

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Ehoarn Bidault

Begonia sciaphila

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Ehoarn Bidault

Begonia sciaphila

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Ehoarn Bidault

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Vegetable

Leaves - cooked and eaten as a vegetable. A pleasant, acid flavour, they are used as a substitute for sorrel (Rumex spp.).

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Central Africa,

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 tropical herb in the family Begoniaceae.

References (1)

Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 106

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