Tylecodon paniculatus

(L.f.) Toelken

Crassulaceae Potential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Caution - poisonous to animals

Can be eaten if properly cooked.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on rocky slopes.

Africa, Namibia, 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 stout succulent shrub. It grows 1.5 m tall. The bark is yellow and peels off. The leaves dry off near flowering.

Wikipedia

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Tylecodon paniculatus, also known as butter bush, butter tree, butterboom or rooisuikerblom (Afrikaans), is a species of succulent plant in the genus Tylecodon belonging to the family Crassulaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Cotyledon fascicularis AitonCotyledon paniculata L.f.Cotyledon tardiflora Bonpl.

References (2)

Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 47
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

What to Eat

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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