Strophanthus Speciosus - Indigenous South African Climbing Vine - 10 Seeds Desert Rose

Strophanthus Speciosus - Indigenous South African Climbing Vine - 10 Seeds Desert RoseStrophanthus is a genus of 35 40 species of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, native mainly to tropical Africa, extending to South Africa, with a few species in Asia, from southern India to the Philippines and southern China. Growing to 3m a scrambling evergreen shrub with scented yellow flowers with rust patches. Flowers spring to summer. Leaves and seeds are poisonous. USDA Zone 10 Season to Sow Spring

which are reputed as safe to ingest in restricted quantities

and produces a spectacular radish with a white bottom and scarlet top

tasty salad with substance

tree growing to 10 20 m tall

8m with rosettes of toothed leaves and dense lemon-yellow flowers hidden by large bracts flowering in spring

2-5 cm long by 1-3 cm broad

Mound-forming plant with bristly white spines

which are used in Asian cooking and sacred to Hinduism and Buddhism

They vary in colour from grey to bright-green and are sometimes striped or mottled

which commercial cultivation makes stronger by trimming the plants

hemispherical leaves

boost food security