Periploca aphylla.

Periploca aphylla Decne. Asclepiadeae.

Northwest India, Afghanistan, south Persia, Arabia and Egypt. The flower-buds, says Brandis, are sweet and are eaten, raw or cooked, as a vegetable.

Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.