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 <big>''[[Oxygonum salicifolium]]'' Dammer</big>

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:Protologue: :Family: Polygonaceae :Chromosome number: == Synonyms ==

== Synonyms ==    == Vernacular names ==  Bamba, kindiri (Sw) == Origin and geographic distribution ==  ''Oxygonum salicifolium'' is only found in Kenya and Tanzania.

In the coastal area of Kenya the leaves of ''Oxygonum salicifolium'' are used as a cooked vegetable, often mixed with ''Amaranthus'' or other vegetable species to improve the taste.== Production and international trade == == Botany Properties ==  Creeping herb with ascending or prostrate woody branches bearing pubescent shoots up to 35 cm long. Leaves alternate, simple, sessile; ocrea cylindrical, up to 1 cm long, bearing at apex red hairs up to 9 mm long; blade linear-lanceolate, 3–7 cm × 2–10 mm, base narrowed, apex acute and often mucronate, margin not or slightly sinuous, midrib prominent below. Inflorescence a spike-like raceme, slender, 12–20 cm long. Flowers bisexual and male; bisexual flowers tubular with perianth tube accrescent around ovary and with perianth lobes withering; male flowers with a very short perianth tube and 4–5 petaloid tepals 4–6 mm long; stamens 8 in 2 series, 5 outer adnate to the tepals near their bases, 3 inner with a flattened basis forming a ring around the base of the style, filaments 4 mm long; styles 3, free or adnate at base, stigmas capitate. Fruit a pubescent nut c. 1 cm long, bearing subcentrally 3 prickles each 3–4 mm long. ''Oxygonum'' comprises about 30 species and is confined to tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar.

 == Other botanical information Ecology ==    == Ecology Propagation and planting ==  ''Oxygonum salicifolium'' grows in grassland and disturbed ground, from sea-level up to 1600 m altitude.

== Genetic resources Yield == == Handling after harvest ==

Although ''Oxygonum salicifolium'' is not widespread, it is common in disturbed habitats == Genetic resources and not in danger of genetic erosion.breeding ==

== Prospects Breeding ==

''Oxygonum salicifolium'' will only remain of minor and local importance as a vegetable. == Major references Prospects ==  * Graham, R.A., 1957. A revision of Oxygonum (Polygonaceae - Polygoneae). Kew Bulletin 12: 145–172. * Maundu, P.M., Ngugi, G.W. & Kabuye, C.H.S., 1999. Traditional food plants of Kenya. Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (KENRIK), Nairobi, Kenya. 270 pp.

* Graham, R.A., 1958. Polygonaceae. In: Turrill, W.B. & Milne-Redhead, E. == Author(Editorss). Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London, United Kingdom. 40 pp.==

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