Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Cressa cretica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial

Growth—

Succeeds in temperate to tropical areas, usually near the coast and always in areas where the soil is salty^[1]. It occurs in the rice-paddies of the Senegal River at Richard Toll, not particularly as a weed, but its presence in increasing or decreasing amount is an indication of the brackishness of the water^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cressa+cretica>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
[2]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.