Marantochloa conferta
(Benth.) A. C. Ley
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Rhizome
Both the leaves and rhizome are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
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 herb in the Marantaceae family that can be propagated by seed or rhizome.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by seed or rhizome.
Names & Synonyms
Opena, R. T. and Kyomo, M. L., (Eds), 1990, Vegetable Research and Development in SADCC Countries. Workshop Proceedings Tanzania. p 41 (As Phrynium confertum)
