Argyrella canescens

(Graham) Harv.

MelastomataceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, CAR, Chad, Congo DR, Congo R., Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

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 woody herb. It grows 50-120 cm tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 1.7-8.5 cm long by 0.3-2.2 cm wide. The flowering shoots are long leafy groups. The flowers have 5 parts. They are red to purple.