Gonostemon gettliffei
(Pott) P. V. Heath
AsclepiadaceaeShoots
What to Eat
Edible parts: Stems
The stems are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe,
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 plant with succulent stem like a cactus. It grows 25 cm tall. It can form clumps 1 m across. The branches are 4 sided in cross section. The flowers are star shaped and lie face up on the ground. They are 15 cm across and have purple lines against a yellow background. It is hairy.
Notes
Also put in the family Apocynaceae. The spelling of the scientific name varies as gettleffei or gettlefii.
Names & Synonyms
Stapelia gettleffii R. Pott
References (1)
- Wehmeyer, A. S, 1986, Edible Wild Plants of Southern Africa. Data on the Nutrient Contents of over 300 species. (As Stapelia gettlifei)
