Ceropegia multiflora
Baker
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tubers, Root
The roots are eaten as a snack fresh for their moisture content, and can also be cooked as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It can grow in light shade.
Africa, Namibia, South Africa, Southern 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 herb. It has a large rootstock. This can be 8-12 cm across. The vines grow 1.5 m tall. They are slender and twining. The leaves are 2-5 cm long and 1-2 cm wide. They are fleshy. They taper towards the base. There can be one to many flowers in a group. The flowers are light brown.
Nutrition Score: 18/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubers | 91.2 | 120 | 29 | 1 | — | 4.8 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Tubers | 95 | 65 | 15 | 0.8 | — | — | — | — |
| Leaves | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by seeds or cuttings. It can be grown from tubers or offsets of the bulb.
Propagation: Seed - Cuttings
Notes
It had been put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Ceropegia multiflora var. latifolia N. E. Br.Ceropegia multiflora f. pubescens H. HuberSystrepha multiflora Burch. ex Baker
References (3)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 23
- Wehmeyer, A. S, 1986, Edible Wild Plants of Southern Africa. Data on the Nutrient Contents of over 300 species.
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
