author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Nahla S. Abdel-Azim, Husseiny A. H. Elgendy, and Ibrahim A. El-Garf
Synonym
Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Benth. & Hook. F., Gen. Pl. 2: 782 (1876); Boulos, Fl.Egypt 2: 227 (2000).
Syns. Boucerosia edulis Edgew., J. Linn. Soc. 6: 205 (1862).
Caralluma vittata N.E.Br., Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: 483 (1904); Täckh., Stud. Fl. Egypt, ed., 2, 416 (1974).
family name
ASCLEPIADACEA
genus name
Caralluma
Edible parts of Caralluma edulis Benth. (consumed in Pakistan) were high in water(95.8%), low in fiber (0.59) and poor in proteins (0.17%), lipids (0.23%) and carbohydrates(2.52%).
However, these parts were rich in Ca, Fe, P and Zn (Memon et al., 1984).
No thing reported in Folk Medicine
location
egypt