Osmitopsis dentata
(Thunb.) K. Bremer
AsteraceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten and used for flavouring.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
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 herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50 cm tall. The rootstock is woody. The leaves are broadly sword shaped. They have double teeth. The flower heads are large and yellow with white rays.
Medicinal Uses
The leaves are used for flavouring purposes.
Names & Synonyms
Anthemis afra Burm.f.Buphthalmum dentatum Baill.Osmites dentata Thunb.
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 36
- 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
