African wild lettuce

Lactuca inermis

leaf · vegetable

Leaves and young shoots lightly boiled in Zimbabwe; young plants as a potherb in Lesotho and Madagascar.

Origin

Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Yemen

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The leaves and young shoots are rinsed and cooked for a few minutes, boiled, steamed or in a sauce; they are eaten cooked.

Molecules

Beta-carotene (vitamin A) · Lutein and zeaxanthinIn small amounts, not counted Vegetable nitrates · Chlorophyll

Did you know?

Depending on where it grows, it stays five centimetres tall or becomes a woody bush over two metres high.