Large wild carrot
Notobubon laevigatum

Family: Apiaceae

What it is like

A herb or shrub. It is a stiffly erect plant and grows 1.2 m high. The stem have leaves along its length. The leaves can be 12 cm long. They end with 3 close leaflets. There can be 1 or 2 pairs of leaflets along the axis. The leaflets are sword shaped. They are 5 cm long by 2 cm wide. The flowers are in a branched clusters. They are yellow. The fruit is flat and 6 mm long by 4 mm wide.

Where it is found

It is a subtropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland

How it is used for food

The leaves are cooked and eaten.

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Intlashane

Synonyms

Laserpitium capense Thunb.; Peucedanum capense (Thunb.) Sond.; Peucedanum virgatum Cham. & Schltdl.; and several others