Echinops giganteus
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Giant Japanese butterbur
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Root - spice
The root is used as a spice.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in grassland. In Nigeria it has been recorded at 1,670 m above sea level.
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, East Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, 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 shrub in the Asteraceae family with white flowers, found in Nigerian grasslands at elevations up to 1,670 m.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Echinops giganteus is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae and is native to Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Names & Synonyms
Ayilagwem, Bambua, Ikimoomo
Echinops bequaertii De Wild.Echinops brevisetus S. MooreEchinops francinianus Pic.Serm.Echinops giganteus var. giganteusEchinops giganteus var. lelyi (C. D. Adams) C. D. AdamsEchinops kulsii Cufod.Echinops negrii Chiov.Echinops nistrii Pic.Serm.Echinops ochroleucus Mattf.Echinops seretii De Wild.Echinops seretii var. seretiiEchinops seretii var. setifer Mattf.Echinops velutinus O. Hoffm.Echinops velutinus var. lelyi C. D. AdamsEchinops velutinus var. velutinus
References (3)
- Bouba, A. A., et al, 2012, Proximate Composition, Mineral and Vitamin Content of Some Wild Plants Used as Spices in Cameroon. Food and Nutrition Sciences 3:423-432.
- Chapman, J. D. & Chapman, H. M., 2001, The Forest Flora of Taraba and Andamawa States, Nigeria. WWF & University of Canterbury. p 172
- Mercy, N. A., et al, 2016, Survey of Wild Vegetables in the Lebialem Highlands of South Western Cameroon. Journal of Plant Sciences 4(6): 172-184
