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Useful Tropical Plants

Convolvulus farinosus

L.

Convolvulaceae

+ Synonyms

Convolvulus cordifolius Thunb.

Convolvulus paniculatus A.Rich.

Convolvulus penicellatus A.Rich.

Convolvulus penicillatus A.Rich.

Convolvulus quinqueflorus Vahl

Convolvulus schweinfurthii Engl.

Common Name:

Convolvulus farinosus
Illustration of the flowering plant
Photograph by: Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 16: t. 1323 (1830) [M. Hart]
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General Information

Convolvulus farinosus is a herbaceous, perennial climbing plant producing numerous long, slender stems from a perennial rootstock. The stems twine around other plants for support or scramble along the ground[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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398
Title
Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania
Publication
 
Author
Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B.
Publisher
Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi.
Year
2002
ISBN
9966-896-60-0
Description
A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
].
The edible leaves are sometimes harvested from the wild for local consumption. The plant is sometimes grown as an ornamental[
398
Title
Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania
Publication
 
Author
Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B.
Publisher
Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi.
Year
2002
ISBN
9966-896-60-0
Description
A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

Western Mediterranean; East Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia south to southern Africa, Madagascar and Reunion.

Habitat

Upland grasslands and in cultivated areas, at elevations from 1,300 - 2,600 metres[
398
Title
Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania
Publication
 
Author
Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B.
Publisher
Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi.
Year
2002
ISBN
9966-896-60-0
Description
A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
].

Properties

Weed PotentialYes
Edibility Rating *  *
HabitPerennial Climber
Height0.00 m
Cultivation StatusOrnamental, Wild

Cultivation Details



The plant can become a troublesome weed of farmland within its native range[
398
Title
Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania
Publication
 
Author
Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B.
Publisher
Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi.
Year
2002
ISBN
9966-896-60-0
Description
A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
].

Edible Uses

Leaves - cooked and used as a vegetable[
398
Title
Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania
Publication
 
Author
Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B.
Publisher
Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi.
Year
2002
ISBN
9966-896-60-0
Description
A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
]. Young leaves are picked, cooked alone or with other vegetables such as amaranth or cowpeas, coconut milk or pounded groundnuts are added and then the whole is eaten with ugali or rice[
398
Title
Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania
Publication
 
Author
Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B.
Publisher
Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi.
Year
2002
ISBN
9966-896-60-0
Description
A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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