Limnophyton angolense

Buchenau

Alismataceae
Limnophyton angolense
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Limnophyton angolense
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(c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Craig Peter
Limnophyton angolense
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(c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Craig Peter

What to Eat

Edible parts: Ash - flavouring

The ash is used as a flavouring.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Angola, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, East Africa, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia,

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 grows 1.3 m tall. The flowers are in 4-6 rings.

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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