Hypoestes cancellata
(Willd ex Nees) Nees
AcanthaceaeLeaves
iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) Duncan McKenzie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Duncan McKenzie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) Emmanuel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Emmanuel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
iNaturalist · cc-by-nc-sa
(c) Rob Palmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
(c) Rob Palmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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 savannah, woodland and palm groves.
Africa, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central Africa, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, West 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
An annual tropical herb in the Acanthaceae family, found in savannah, woodland, and palm groves.
Names & Synonyms
Hypoestes callicoma S. MooreJusticia cancellata Willd. ex Nees
References (2)
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 562
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
