Vernonia fastigiata

Oliv. & Hiern

Starstalk

AsteraceaeLeaves

Vernonia fastigiata

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Vernonia fastigiata

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Vernonia fastigiata

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are eaten.

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 herb in the daisy family reaching about 1 m tall, with narrow linear leaves 9 cm long and 0.8 cm wide.

Names & Synonyms

Tanyi, Thanyi, Tsidovholela

References (1)

Magwede, K., van Wyk, B.-E., & van Wyk, A. E., 2019, An inventory of Vhavenḓa useful plants. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 57–89

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