Roepera morgsana
(L.) Beier & Thulin
ZygophyllaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds
The seeds are eaten as a snack.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows near the coast on sandy and stony slopes.
Africa, Namibia, 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 small shrub. It grows 1.5 m The leaves have 2 leaflets. There are usually 2 flowers in the axils of the leaves. They are pale yellow with red or brown marks. The fruit droop down and have 4 angles and 4 wings. The wings are 15 mm wide.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Roepera morgsana is a succulent plant species in the genus Roepera. It is endemic to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Names & Synonyms
Spekbos
Zygophyllum morgsana L.Zygophyllum succulentum Salisb.
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 (As Zygophyllum morgsana)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 108
- 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
