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Hydnora africana
Also called Milkbush Jackalskos
Hydnora africana is an achlorophyllous plant in the subfamily Hydnoroideae, native to southern Africa that is parasitic on the roots of members of the family Euphorbiaceae.
It is also called jakkalskos or jackal food. The specific epithet africana means from Africa.
H. africana can be harvested and used as food, medicine, and a good source of tannin.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hydnora africana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
