Cleome gynandra is a species of Cleome that is used as a leaf vegetable. It is known by many common names including Shona cabbage, African cabbage, spiderwisp, cat's whiskers, and stinkweed. It is an annual wildflower native to Africa but has become widespread in many tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Spiderwisp being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tarenaya longicarpa
- Cleome spinosa
- Cleome aculeata
- Polanisia dodecandra
- Cleome cordobensis
- Cleome houtteana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
- Species
- Cleome gynandra
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