Priva cordifolia
(L.f.) Druce
VerbenaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, Asia, Pakistan, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1 m tall. The stems are 4 sided and hairy. The leaves are oval and 3-6 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The fruiting stems are long. The fruit are 4-5 mm long.
Names & Synonyms
Buchnera cordifolia L.f.Priva leptostachya Juss.Streptium asperum Roxb.Syntrichia chisosa (Magill, Delgad. & L. R. Stark) R. H. ZanderTortula aspera (Roxb.) Roxb. ex Willd.Tortula chisosa Magill, Delgad. & L. R. Stark
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 107
- 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
