Flowers, leaves and root are edible.
Leaves and young shoots can be cooked.
The juice of the roots is an effective antidote in cases of arsenic poisoning...
The orange yellow to red flowers can appear at anytime of the year as long as the plant is mature enough. Occasionally, it even produces small edible fruit with a reddish tint.
The liqueur Anisette added to cold water on a hot summer's day makes a refreshing drink. Its flavor has similarities with some other spices, such as fennel and liquorice...
This is a beautiful vine with bluish green attractive arrow-shaped, glaucous leaves, and bearing superbly beautiful, large, bell-shaped flowers, approximately 7cm/3 in long and 5cm/2 in wide.