Persicaria attenuata

Botanical Description

Persicaria attenuata is a robust, hairy, rhizomatous, perennial plant growing up to 2 metres tall. It has branched stems, basally creeping and rooting at the nodes, that become hollow when older[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. When growing wild, it is seen as an indicator of land suitable for growing rice.