Glia prolifera
(Burm.f.) B.L. Burtt
ApiaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Roots - yeast
The roots are used to produce yeast.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
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 subtropical shrub in the Apiaceae family growing 1-2 m tall with tuberous roots.
Names & Synonyms
Bubon proliferum Burm.f.Glia capensis (Houtt.) B. L. BurttOenanthe capensis Houtt.Oenanthe inebrians Thunb.Oenanthe tenuifolia Thunb.Peucedanum abbreviatum Meisn.Peucedanum caledonicum Eckl. & Zeyh.
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 19
- 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
