Astephanus triflorus
(L.f.) R. Br.
ApocynaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The young fruits are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a Meditarranean climate plant. It grows along the coast in South Africa.
Africa, South Africa, 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 slender climber. It grows 1 m tall. It is hairy. The leaves are narrowly oval and and 1-2 cm long by 2-5 mm wide. They are grey green with fine hairs. There are 2-9 flowers in clusters along the stem.
Names & Synonyms
Vissies
Apocynum triflorum L.f.Astephanus marginatus Decne.Astephanus neglectus Schltr.Astephanus pauciflorus E. Mey.Astephanus triflorus (L.f.) R. Br. ex Schult.
References (3)
- De Vynk, J. C., et al, 2016, Indigenous edible plant use by contemporary Khoe-San descendants of South Africa's Cape South Coast. South African Journal of Botany. 102 (2016) 60-69
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 21
- 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
