Funastrum lineare
(A. Gray) J. F.Macbr.
Climbing milkweed.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Fruit
The leaves and fruit are eaten raw with salt.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant
Mexico, North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A climbing vine in the Apocynaceae family found in temperate regions.
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Funastrum heterophyllum (Engl. ex Torr.) J. F. Macbr.Sarcostemma cynanchoides subsp. hartwegii (Vail) R. W. Holm.and others
References (1)
- Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994) (As Philibertia heterophylla)
