Pectinaria articulata.
Botanical name:
Pectinaria articulata Haw. Asclepiadeae.
South Africa. Thunberg says this thick plant without leaves, is eaten, after being pickled, by the Hottentots, and also by the colonists.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
