Spekboom for dinner?

**scubes** · 30-11-2019, 13:02

Does anyone if spekboom is edible? I have planted this and it is growing so nicely. Just wondering if the leaves are indeed edible..

**driepootx** · 30-11-2019, 13:08

To kudu, yes. To me as meat eater, no.

**Antlion** · 30-11-2019, 13:40

Originally Posted by scubes

Does anyone if spekboom is edible? I have planted this and it is growing so nicely. Just wondering if the leaves are indeed edible..

The leaves are edible. Can be used in salads. Not all taste the same. I found the older leaves to have more of a bitter taste. Has a lemon tinge to it.

**Lone Gunman** · 30-11-2019, 13:41

It is definitely edible. It's nice to throw a handle of leaves into a smoothie.

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**TStone** · 30-11-2019, 14:59

It's leaves are edible, I have eaten it in the veld straight from the bush and in a green salad. It can have a bitter slightly dry aftertaste.

**driepootx** · 30-11-2019, 17:33

Makes me think of the Crocodile Dundee movies. "You can eat it but it tastes like shit" or "it needs garlic"

**Snapcap** · 30-11-2019, 19:07

Full of nutrients. Don't recall the specs but the leaves of moringa trees too are full of trace elements and vitamins. Poor african communities north of us eat these and a few other trees leaves with their pap to supplement thier foods. Will link the article if I can find it.

**Antlion** · 30-11-2019, 19:19

Also, they easy to grow from cuttings.

**Mischif93** · 30-11-2019, 19:53

Originally Posted by Antlion

Also, they easy to grow from cuttings.

So my work gave all staff a cutting of Spekboom this week for reaching a milestone but it doesn't seem to be too happy, any tips?

They also had some which don't appear to be cuttings and were already in little plastic pots which I also took one of - this one seems to be doing quite well.

**Antlion** · 06-12-2019, 12:14

Originally Posted by Mischif93

So my work gave all staff a cutting of Spekboom this week for reaching a milestone but it doesn't seem to be too happy, any tips?

They also had some which don't appear to be cuttings and were already in little plastic pots which I also took one of - this one seems to be doing quite well.

I found keeping the end of the cutting in a tub with water, about 1cm deep, within two days roots started forming. This worked well indoors. I tried the same outdoors, it didn't work as well. From there it gets planted.