Cullen tomentosum
(Thunb.) J. W. Grimes
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - flavouring, Root - agent
The leaves are used to flavour tea. The roots are used to curdle milk and produce a yoghurt-like product with good taste.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain locations and on dunes.
Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Southern 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 herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It is covered with white hairs. The leaves have 3 leaflets and teeth around the edge. Flowers occur in groups of three. The fruit are small oval pods.
Names & Synonyms
Honab
Cullen obtusifolia (DC.) C. H. Stirt. [Spelling variant]Cullen obtusifolium (DC.) C. H. Stirt.Lotodes obtusifolium (DC.) KuntzePsoralea obtusifolia DC.:
References (5)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 57
- Van Damme, P et al, 1922, Plant Uses by the Topnaar of the Kuiseb Valley Namib Desert. Afrika Focus Vol. 8(3-4):223-252 (As Cullen obtusifolia)
- van Wyk, Ben-Erik, 2019, The diversity and multiple uses of southern African legumes. Australian Systematic Botany, 2019, 32, 519–546
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
