Azolla nilotica
Mett.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Plant - salt
The plant is burnt and the ash is used as salt.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in temporarily flooded areas.
Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan,
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 floating fern that grows in water. It can be 32 cm long and the rhizome 2 mm thick. It forms roots at the nodes.
Medicinal Uses
Traditionally used for salt production from burnt plant ash.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Azolla nilotica is a medium-sized floating fern, that naturally occurs in the Nile and in eastern and central Africa. It is assigned to the family Salviniaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Ogoro, Ugoro
References (1)
- Awas, T., 1997, A Study on the Ecology and Ethnobotany of Non-cultivated Food Plants and Wild Relatives of Cultivated crops in Gambella Region, Southwestern Ethiopia. Addis Ababa University. p 44
