Kleinia odora
AsteraceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Roots
The roots are eaten raw.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya,
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 herb of the Asteraceae family found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia, growing up to 1 m tall with fleshy stems marked by dark lines and bearing dense clusters of pale yellow flowers on pencil-like stems.
Notes
Kleinia odora (Forssk.) DC. only in The Plant List.
References (1)
- Bussman, R. W., 2006, Ethnobotanyof the Samburu of Mt Nyiru, South Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2:35
