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I wanted to cook some food with this but haven't seen it before. Is it eatable or poisonous? To be honest, I've used some of it to whip one wicked jollof rice.

This looks like the leaf we call "Hospital Too Far" in Benin - no, the name doesn't mean it's dangerous - I still wonder why it was thus named - when it first became popular, some people claimed it gives blood. I'm not approving the consumption of this one unless you're sure sha 😝

Meanwhile, na adventure our forefathers take discover all the edibles we eat today na. If you no kpeme after eating it, give am name 😏

That's vegetable nah. Yoruba people call it EFO IYANA IPAJA.

That leaf you are seeing is in hot demand amongst the elderly rich people in ikoyi due to its abilities to control blood sugar and blood pressure

It's called Iyana Ipaja in Lagos. It's used as vegetable. While cutting the leaves you have to be careful so that the whitish sap will not get to your skin. If it does, you will feel a burning sensation on your skin for about an hour

Stephen0mozzy:
This looks like the leaf we call "Hospital Too Far" in Benin - no, the name doesn't mean it's dangerous - I still wonder why it was thus named - when it first became popular, some people claimed it gives blood. I'm not approving the consumption of this one unless you're sure sha 😝

Meanwhile, na adventure our forefathers take discover all the edibles we eat today na. If you no kpeme after eating it, give am name 😏

I've eaten it twice and nothing bad happened to me. I'll name this vegetable, 'Bulaba'.

Omihanifa:
That's vegetable nah. Yoruba people call it EFO IYANA IPAJA.

That leaf you are seeing is in hot demand amongst the elderly rich people in ikoyi due to its abilities to control blood sugar and blood pressure

Well, I'm a youngin and the only blood pressure I'm having ATM is the one on my third leg. Can I use this leaf for egusi soup?

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You see leaf you are not sure of what it is you done dey whip up wicked jollof rice with it.


And you think it's funny?


Let's just say you are lucky this time.


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Omihanifa:
That's vegetable nah. Yoruba people call it EFO IYANA IPAJA.

That leaf you are seeing is in hot demand amongst the elderly rich people in ikoyi due to its abilities to control blood sugar and blood pressure

Yes it is... very sumptuous and rich and iron

Obiedun:
It's called Iyana Ipaja in Lagos. It's used as vegetable. While cutting the leaves you have to be careful so that the whitish sap will not get to your skin. If it does, you will feel a burning sensation on your skin for about an hour

More like scratching

Where are u located??
I need to get em for transplanting for my mom garden

ghettochild:
Where are u located??
I need to get em for transplanting for my mom garden

Gal, your location says you're in S.A. I'm in Nigeria

More than a vegetable.
So nourishing, so healthy, rich in vitamins and minerals.
Enriches and builds blood.

Can be used the way all vegetables are used.
Use for egusi soup, used for porridge yam, use for okro soup, fry and use on rice.
Only be careful with the sap, it itches a lot when it touches the skin.

A friend shocked me one day as he plucked a leaf before me and ate it raw.

Bigsin:
Gal, your location says you're in S.A. I'm in Nigeria

Just asking down.. Will be back home soon

[quote author=Ezumezuagwu11 post=141020078]More than a vegetable.
So nourishing, so healthy, rich in vitamins and minerals.
Enriches and builds blood.

Can be used the way all vegetables are used.
Use for egusi soup, used for porridge yam, use for okro soup, fry and use on rice.
Only be careful with the sap, it itches a lot when it touches the skin.

A friend shocked me one day as he plucked a leaf before me and ate it raw.


"Hospital too far" chewed raw ?
As medicinal as it is,this thing traumatized me.

My mom washed the juice out and mixed with Malt,I had a scratching throat for days.
I don't go close to the part where the leaf is.

It's medicinal but not advisable.

ghettochild:
Where are u located??
I need to get em for transplanting for my mom garden

kidnappers lol. Na now your mom get garden

ghettochild:
Just asking down.. Will be back home soon

Aiit. I live close to Lugbe, FCT. Would you be able to come get it from here when you come?

Obapluto:
kidnappers lol. Na now your mom get garden

Who kidnap me, na e self e do o. Because me no get chin chin.

Weed is a vegetable. You fit puff am see.

Omo na paw paw be that o... younger brother to ghana Loud and cousin to Canadian loud.

be like sativa dey hungry OP ,

oh my bad i thought u meant marijuana .

cos na d only thing wey dey come my head when i hear weed be that ,

as u don put am for my body make i call my plug

Iyana ipaja leaf or hospital too far

Na good veggies but be careful handling it, it itches like crazy...

This ain’t edible vegetables o. And it’s not weed (Igbo) either.

Eat now if u die we remaining will know it's a dangerous plant.

Iyanapaja or hospital-too-far, my favorite vegetable. I eat this literally everyday and with everything possible.
Sauce and egunsi soup.


Yummy

My only problem is that, it spreads and grows just too fast.

Bigsin:
I've eaten it twice and nothing bad happened to me. I'll name this vegetable, 'Bulaba'.

Hahahahahahaha.
Who is this human being.
Only me they laff for office

Chew it. If you find yourself in the space, then na weed

Don't mind these clickbait guys. This is one of the malaise we face in this country. You already knew it is edible or had seen someone eating it before, you went ahead and cooked it, ate it , then later came around to be ask phulish question.

brain54:
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You see leaf you are not sure of what it is you done dey whip up wicked jollof rice with it.


And you think it's funny?


Let's just say you are lucky this time.


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brain54:
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You see leaf you are not sure of what it is you done dey whip up wicked jollof rice with it.


And you think it's funny?


Let's just say you are lucky this time.


:::

Always yarning rubbish every time

This is Italian leaf na. If you cut the stalk, whitish liquid will come out.

Very delicious for preparing tomatoes stew.

So this leaf still dey! Its been long.

From the picture, it looks like Iyana-Ipaja... Not poisonous, actually a herb

But wait o, you want to cook and just cut any "grass" you see... Na so una dey do for una side?

i blend it
and drink the juice

was actually recommended to me by a doctor


it is safe

but of course, do everything in moderation