Description
A leafy annual vegetable whose mucilaginous leaves are a staple green across Nigeria.
Medicinal Uses
The mucilage has a mild laxative effect; the leaves are valued as an iron- and vitamin-rich tonic food.
Food Uses
Leaves are cooked into a slippery draw soup, eaten with a swallow.
Cultivation
An annual crop sown at the start of the rains in moist, fertile soil.
