Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov.

A climber. It has milky sap. It has fine hairs. It grows up to 6 m high. The leaves are opposite. They have stalks 7 cm long. The leaf blades are heart shaped at the base. They are 10 cm long and 10 cm wide. The lobes at the base are rounded. The flowers are in loose irregular clusters at the sides of the plant. There are 2-30 flowers that hang down. The flowers are green or pink and bell shaped. There are long white woolly hairs along the edge. The flowers open at sundown. The fruit are 5-8 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They taper to a short curved tip.

A tropical plant. It grows in the scrub near the coast and in damp savannah and on the edges of forests. In southern Africa it grows from sea level to 1,200 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places. It can grow in coastal sands.

The young hollow stems are cooked as a vegetable in times of famine. The young leaves are cooked and eaten. They are also added to soup and used as a potherb. The flower buds are used as a vegetable. The starchy roots are eaten. The small fruit are finely chopped and cooked as a vegetable.

Plants can be grown by seed or cuttings.