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Tetragonia decumbens
Also called Coast Lettucebush, Coast Seacoral, Sea Spinach
Tetragonia decumbens (dune spinach or sea spinach) is a coastal shrub, native to southern Africa.
Native to southern Africa, it grows on coastal and estuarine sand dunes in Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. The plant is edible and is a local delicacy in its native southern Africa, where it is known as "dune spinach". It is an important component of dune vegetation, being a hardy pioneer and stabilising dunes. The organic material it produces prepares the way for ensuing plants.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tetragonia decumbens 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.
