Aponogeton capuronii
H. Bruggen
AponogetonaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Tubers
The tubers are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in running water.
Africa, Madagascar,
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 that grows in water. It has a rhizome 10 cm long by 2 cm thick. The leaves are 7-20 cm long.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Aponogeton capuronii (named after René Paul Raymond Capuron) is an aquatic plant found in southeastern Madagascar.
References (1)
- Les, D. H., et al, 2005, Phylogeny and Systematics of Aponogeton (Aponogetonaceae): The Australian Species. Systematic Botany (2005), 30(3): pp. 503–519
