Polygonaceae FAMILY

Koenigia coriaria

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Koenigia coriaria is an erect, profusely-branched, perennial plant usually growing 50 - 150cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant has occasionally been cultivated as a dye plant and source of tannins[ 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

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and eastern Asia - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan,western China (Xinjiang )

HabitatSlopes in the subalpine zone and in the upper wood and scrub zone of mountains[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].