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Caralluma petraea Lavranos

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Syn. Crenulluma petraea (Lavranos) Plowes

Rocky Caralluma
Apocynaceae
  • Morphological Description
    • Description
      Plants 30 cm tall. Stems 10-20 mm thick, 4-angled, with wavy, crenate, rounded angles. Flowers from terminal, many-flowered umbels. Corolla yellow, densely covered with dark brown spots, often uniformly dark red-brown, 10-15 mm wide, tubular, the tube about 10 mm long, the lobes deltoid, ascending or recurved, with a tuft of short, purple vibratile hairs at their tips.
  • Ecology
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    • IUCN Red List Category
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      Not Evaluated
  • Uses and Values
    • Aromatic and Medicinal Use
      Medicinal use
    • Other Usages
      Palatable
    • Description of Traditional Uses
      Traditionally recognized in local ethnobotanical knowledge as an edible plant, particularly in times of scarcity. Its succulent stems are occasionally consumed, and it holds a minor role in local medicinal traditions for digestive relief.