Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Andrachne aspera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial

Growth—

A plant mainly of arid and subarid lowland areas of the subtropics, but also found in the tropics of west Africa. Requires a sunny position^[1]. Found in the wild in sandy, well-drained soils^{[2, 1]}. Plants are very drought tolerant. The plant rarely flowers in its first year of growth from seed^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Andrachne+aspera>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
[2]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.