Asteraceae FAMILY

Grangea maderaspatana

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Grangea maderaspatana is an annual or occasionally perennial prostrate herb sending out shoots up to 30cm long from a woody taproot[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ]. The leaves are harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa, through the Indian subcontinent to southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

HabitatDamp places, river-banks and seasonal river-beds[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ].