Senecio herreianus

Dinter

String of tears, String of beads

AsteraceaeFruit

Senecio herreianus

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Senecio herreianus

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Senecio herreianus

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(c) Karel du Toit (+2782 4928291), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Peru, South America,

Countries: Angola, Argentina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, Colombia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Paraguay, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tropical succulent herb in the Asteraceae family, also known as String of tears or String of beads.

Notes

The name is ambiguous.

Names & Synonyms

Shuina

Curio herreanus (Dinter) P. V. HeathKleinia herreiana (Dinter Merxm.

References (2)

Creed-kanashiro, H., et al, Traditional food system of an Awajun community in Peru. Indigenous Peoples' food systems Chp. 4
Kuhnlein, H. V., et al, 2009, Indigenous Peoples' food systems. FAO Rome p 83 (As herreanus)

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