Convolvulaceae FAMILY
Ipomoea transvaalensis
Ipomoea transvaalensis
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ipomoea transvaalensis is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a cluster of suberect to prostrate stems up to 100cm long from a long, fusiform, tuberous rootstock[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its root, which is used locally as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEastern Africa - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, northern S. Africa
HabitatScattered in dry bushveld, often on rocky slopes in exposed or shaded places[ 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ].