Rubiaceae FAMILY

Ophiorrhiza peploides

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ophiorrhiza peploides is an evergreen, herbaceous perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody, at least near the base, and at times becoming a shrub growing 10 - 60cm tall, occasionally to 100cm[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and hair wash.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangePacific - Fiji

HabitatDense or open forest, but most often in rocky places in deep shade or along streams, sometimes in tidal marshes or on the inner edges of mangrove swamps; at elevations from near sea level to 1,100 metres[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].