Lamiaceae FAMILY
Orthosiphon rubicundus
Orthosiphon rubicundus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Orthosiphon rubicundus is a herbaceous perennial plant growing 25 - 60cm tall from a woody rootstock that can be tuberous. The plant is gathered from the wild for the starch contained in its roots, which is used locally. It is sometimes cultivated for its starch containing tubers in tropical Africa[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa, through Asia to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
HabitatSavannah woodland in Africa[ 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/ ].