Volkameria inermis
Lamiaceae FAMILY

Volkameria inermis

Volkameria inermis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Volkameria inermis is an evergreen shrub with a rather straggly growth that sometimes adapts to more of a climbing habit and twines into the surrounding vegetation. When growing as a shrub it is usually no more than 3 metres tall, but when climbing it can produce stems up to 13 metres long with main stems that can be 6cm in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. , 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, , 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes cultivated as a medicinal plant, especially in India, and is commonly grown as an ornamental and hedge plant in tropical areas[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - China, Japan, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea to Australia and the Pacific Isl
HabitatOpen coastal areas,such as along the beach, in mangroves, along tidal rivers; also found along rivers and in swamps further inland; favouring sandy soils but also found on clays at elevations up to 100 metres[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].