Family Asclepiadaceae
A hairy creeper found throughout SA with a very distinctive
seedpod and seeds with long silky hairs.
A root decoction is taken for venereal diseases, arthritis,
muscular pains, asthma and rheumatism.
Cooked leaves taste like spinach.
Info: Flowering plants of the Kalahari dunes (Noel van
Rooyen)
