Rumex steudelii
Hochst. ex A. Rich.
PolygonaceaeLeaves
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in the mountain regions in West and Central Africa.
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa,
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 herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 2 m high. It has a stout rootstock. The leaves are long and strap shaped. The flowers are on long loose groups.
Notes
There are about 200 Rumex species.
Names & Synonyms
Kapserereyuek, Qakazea
Rumex bequaertii De Willd.Rumex nepalensis Spreng.Rumex steudelianus Meisn.
References (14)
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