Stapelia gettliffei
R. Pott-Leend
Zebra stapelia
ApocynaceaeShoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Stem
The stem is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows best in light shade. It often grows on rocky outcrops.
Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe,
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. It grows 30 cm tall. It spreads 1 m across. The flowers are large. They are 10 cm across and hairy. They are pale purple.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown from seed.
Names & Synonyms
Ceropegia gettliffei (R.Pott) BruynsGonostemon gettliffei (R. Pott) P. V. Heath
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 27
- 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
