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Alepidea peduncularis



Alepidea peduncularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Alepidea
Species: A. peduncularis
Binomial name
Alepidea peduncularis
A.Rich.

Alepidea peduncularis is an edible perennial herb native to the montane grasslands of East and South Africa. The plant bears a flowering stalk about 70 cm in height, and a basal rosette of leaves with distinctively fringed margins. [1]

The leaves are eaten and the roots are used in medicine.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hyde, Mark; Bart Wursten. Flora of Zimbabwe.
  2. ^ Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.
 
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