Commelinaceae FAMILY
Commelina imberbis
Commelina imberbis
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Commelina imberbis is a prostrate or straggling annual plant growing 40 - 120cm tall. The long stems often root at the nodes[ 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria; Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia south through eastern Africa to Angola, Botswana, Mozambique and S. Africa.
HabitatA weed of cultivated land[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].