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Species Card Details

Prenia vanrensburgii

African Spinach

Species Card Photograph

Group:

Eudicot

Size:

5-10 cm

Distribution:

Coastal regions of the Western Cape from Onrus to Stilbaai and confined to sunny, rocky and sandy seashores.

PromethION Sequencing Report:

Output:

81.28 Gigabases

Approximate N50:

9.52 kilobases

Assembly N50:

TBA

Contig number:

TBA

Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:

Assembler used:

TBA

Genome Length:

0.53 Gigabases

BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):

99.3%

BUSCO database:

TBA

Importance:

The soft fleshy leaves of the African Spinach / Seepampoen / Cape spinach are edible, and delicious when prepared in a stew, like spinach. First used by the Khoi and San.

Sample Contributor contact details:

Ernst Van Jaarsveld,
University of Western Cape | Babylonstoren

Ernst@babylonstoren.com

Date Published:

2024-06-12

Awaiting DOI

Photo credit:

© C. Whitehouse

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