Orbea dummeri
(N. E. Br.) A. C. White & B. Sloane
ApocynaceaeShoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Shoots
The shoots are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in seasonally dry areas.
Africa, Burundi, Congo DR, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,
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 succulent shrub. It forms mats 10 cm tall. The stems are erect or spreading. They can be 4 angled. They are 6-9 cm long. They have purple spots and stripes. The flowers are on short stalks. The flowers are greenish-yellow. They have a hairy surface.
Names & Synonyms
Angolluma dummeri (N. E. Br.) PlowesCaralluma dummeri (N. E. Br.) A. C. White & B. SloaneCeropegia dummeri (N. E. Br.) BruynsPachycymbium dummeri (N. E. Br.) M. G. GilbertStapelia dummeri N. E. Br.
References (4)
- Glover et al, 1966b, (As Pachycymbium dummeri)
- Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 44 (As Caralluma dummeri)
- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 65 (As Pachycymbium dummeri)
