Polystemma cordifolium

(A. Gray) MacDonnel & Fishbane

Sonoran milkvine, Heart-leaf milkweed vine

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are edible.

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in the desert.

Mexico,

Countries: Mexico

A rare subtropical desert vine in the Apocynaceae family, distinguished by its yellow flowers.

It is a rare plant.

Names & Synonyms

Talayote

Matelea cordifolia (A. Gray) WoodsonRothrockia cordifolia A. Gray

References (1)

Segura, S. et al, 2018, The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2018) 65:1767–1793 (As Matelea cordifolia)