Onagraceae FAMILY
Ludwigia hyssopifolia
Ludwigia hyssopifolia
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ludwigia hyssopifolia is an annual plant, often becoming woody at the base, growing from 5 - 300cm tall[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a dye and medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa; E. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, throughout southeast Asia to New Guinea and Australia.
HabitatA very common weed of pools, along drains, shallow ditches, water and river edges, paddies and humid, fallow garden land, waste land, and in clearings, and as a pioneer on old volcanic mudstreams, from the plains up to elevations of 1,000 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].