Begoniaceae FAMILY

Begonia eminii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Begonia eminii is a mainly epiphytic, perennial plant with rather thin, scrambling or trailing, branched stems 50 - 400cm long. The stems root at the nodes[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The leaves are harvested from the wild for local use as a vegetable.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria to Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, south to Angola, DR Congo and Tanzania.

HabitatAn epiphyte growing on old tree trunks and in wet soils in riverine and rain-forest; wet places in wooded savannah; at elevations from 300 - 1,950 metres[ 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. ].