Conophytum truncatum

(Thunb.) N. E. Br.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are eaten as a snack.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on quartzite flats among pebbles and on sandstone ridges.

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

It grows in clusters 20 cm across. The pairs of leaves are succulent. They are 2.5 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. The flowers come out at night. They are white to pink and have a scent. The fruit have 4-7 sections.

Wikipedia

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Conophytum truncatum is a small South African species of succulent plant of the genus Conophytum.

Names & Synonyms

Conophytum brevitubum LavisConophytum truncatellum N. E. Br.and several others

References (2)

Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 8
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

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