At the height of its extent, during strong glacials, the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (PAP, south coast
of South Africa) was the size of Ireland, sometimes doubling the size of the extant Cape …

Flowers have provided comfort to humans for millennia. Imbued with aesthetic value and
symbolic meaning, they have long been present in funeral rituals, feasts, offerings, and …

The food plants of southern Africa have not yet been been systematically recorded and the
main patterns of plant use have therefore never been studied. The book by Fox and …

Wild leafy vegetables are commonly included in the diet of people in rural homesteads.
Among various wild edible vegetables in South Africa, Trachyandra divaricata (Sandkool) is …

Globally, the potential of indigenous and neglected fruit species is continuously being
recognized. In the current study, we explored the uses and benefits of locally available fruit …

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2017; 30 (4): 5-7 6 food insecurity and contribute
to dietary diversity. Many varieties of indigenous plants that are consumed as plant sources …

Globally, a substantial proportion of existing indigenous and naturalized foods are often
neglected thereby narrowing the food-base available to humans. The current study explored …

Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America (Les, 2017) and follows a similar format by providing
a comprehensive overview of the life history, ecology, and systematics of those …

Food insecurity and diet-related diseases do not only have detrimental effects to human
health, but are also underpinned by food systems that are environmentally unsustainable …

South Africa continues to receive substantial attention from scholars researching modern
human origins. The importance of this region lies in the many caves and rock shelters …