Fockea edulisK.Schum .
Hottentot Bread
Brachystelma macrorrhizum , Chymocormus edulis , Fockea cylindrica , Fockea glabra , Pergularia edulis
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Family : ApocynaceaeSubfamily : AsclepiadoideaeTribe : FockeeaeGenus : Fockea
The specific epithet " edulis " ( pronounced ED - yew - liss ) mean " comestible " and touch on to the sarcoid ascendant used for food and wet in dry parts of Southern Africa .
The Bible " Hottentot " in the common name was first tape in the later 17th C , referring to the Khoikhoi , a grouping of Khoisan - speaking pastoral peoples of South Africa and Namibia . It is now view as too derogatory and sickening to be used in an ethnic gumption . The only acceptable modern use of goods and services for " Hottentot " is in the common name of industrial plant and animals .
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Fockea edulisis native toSouth AfricaandNamibia .
Fockea edulisis a caudiciform plant with twisted tuberous origin and thin branches that climb on any available supporting . The genus Tuber is gray with wart - like tubercules and can reach a diam of 2 feet ( 60 cm ) . The arm can raise up to 13.1 human foot ( 4 grand ) long . The foliage are green and oval , measuring up to 1 column inch ( 2.5 centimetre ) long . The plant will lose some leaves in winter but seldom go completely leafless .
The flowers are off-white - light-green and usually appear in the summer . They can reach a diameter of 0.6 inch ( 1.5 cm ) . This plant is dioecious , which means it has male and distaff flowers on disjoined specimen . It produces gray-haired - green seed pod on pollinated distaff plant .
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Light : These plants choose partial shade . They can tolerate full Dominicus but need a picayune sunshine protection during the hot part of the day .
Soil : Afast - drain filth mixis the good stain for yourFockea to drain excess piss .
Hardiness : Fockea eduliscan withstand temperature as low as 25 to 50 ° fluorine ( -3.9 to 10 ° C),USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b .
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lachrymation : During the growing time of year , from spring to fall , water regularly and allow the soil to dry between waterings . boil down watering in the wintertime . Water it only enough to forbid the shriveling of the genus Tuber .
Fertilizing : To force tuber increase , feedwith high - atomic number 7 fertilizer with a low potassium level only during the grow season .
Propagation : Fockeaplants are comparatively easygoing to grow from seed . They are dioecious , so both virile and female plants are needed to produce seeds . vegetational propagation is difficult to unsufferable .
Learn more atHow to Grow and Care for Fockea .
Fockeas are known as nutrient plant , but the tuber has milky sap , which is said to be toxicant . Avoid physical contact with cutis or eye , and keep aside from children and pets .
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