Araceae FAMILY
Stylochaeton hypogaeus
Stylochaeton hypogaeus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Stylochaeton hypogaeus is a small, herbaceous, perennial plant producing clusters of leaves from underground rhizomes. The leaf stems are 8 - 15cm long with a leaf blade up to 20cm long and 10cm wide[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Ethiopia.
HabitatOpen forest, shrub vegetation and savannah, also on flood plains[ 617 Title Traditional Vegetables in Benin Publication Author Achigan-Dako E. Et al Publisher Darwin Initiative; International Foundation for Science Year 2009 ISBN Description Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in Benin. ].