
Nyctaginaceae FAMILY
Boerhavia tuberosa
Boerhavia tuberosa
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Boerhavia+tuberosa>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]The Nyctaginaceae and Chenopodiaceae of Northwestern South America. — Standley P.C. · Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago. · 1931 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical treatment of the two genera. A bit dated, but still very useful. Often mentions plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [2]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.