Chrysanthellum indicum

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Madagascar, Uganda, 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

A tropical herb in the daisy family with edible leaves and medicinal properties.

How to Grow

A plant of moderate or higher elevations in the tropics. The plant is a weed in its native regions.

Medicinal Uses

The plant is used as medicine.

Other Uses

The leaves are mixed with henna for tinting the nails.

Notes

It is also used as medicine.

Names & Synonyms

Kigele kyampiti, Natataka, Trakalahy, Trakambazimba

Adenocarpum tuberculatum D. Don ex Hook. & Arn.Chrysanthellum boliviense Sch.Bip. [Invalid] Chrysanthellum weberbaueri I. C. ChungPlagiocheilus erectus Rusby

References (2)

Achigan-Dako, E, et al (Eds), 2009, Catalogue of Traditional Vegetables in Benin. International Foundation for Science.
Segnon, A. C. and Achigan-Dako, E. G., 2014, Comparative analysis of diversity and utilization of edible plants in arid and semi-arid areas in Benin. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10:80